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In Room T, between the yard paving water channel and the foundation of the main building built by Govinius between 1757 and 1770, was found a piece of the bowl of a clay pipe. The front of the bowl depicted the face of a moustachioed man wearing a high cap. The pipe in question is a hussar pipe, which resembles pipes made in Denmark by Johan Adolph Römer, among others, between 1773 and 1822 . The clay pipes, tobacco pipes made from white clay, are together with money the most important aids in dating structures and the cultural strata of cities.
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within a decade on the basis of the size and shape of the bowl, the
manufacturer's stamp and ornamentation. The tobacco pipes of the early
17th century were short stemmed, the bowl small and plump with a double-cone
shape (1). The small size of the bowl was mainly due to the expense
of tobacco. As the price of tobacco fell so the bowl became bigger
(2 and 3). Better clay also allowed the manufacture of more elegant
pipes with long stems and thinner walls. In the mid-18th century the
shape of the bowl had become established in a design that widened
evenly towards the mouthpiece (4 and 5). |
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