Old smoking pipe. does anyone know anything

[Andy_1984]

You guys have been pretty spot on with things like this over the years so thought this was worth a punt asking.

 

A friend was out kayak fishing and found a little clay pipe on Glencoe. It looks ye olde but not sure. It's got 2 markings on it, an engraved pipe and what looks like a stamp with the letter M or W.

 

This one has the engraving of the pipe on the side of the pipe, I think

 

underside where you can still see the engravings

 

And the stamp.

Edited March 7, 2013 by Andy_1984

[poledark]

One of Rob Roys old pipes?

 

Den

[gozzer]

You guys have been pretty spot on with things like this over the years so thought this was worth a punt asking.

 

A friend was out kayak fishing and found a little clay pipe on Glencoe. It looks ye olde but not sure. It's got 2 markings on it, an engraved pipe and what looks like a stamp with the letter M or W.

Hi Andy, I don't know if this site will help. It's a list of Scottish pipe makers and their marks. I can't make out the mark on yours, but there's a few to pick from on there.

 

It's the PDF file on the left of the home page.

 

http://www.biggararchaeology.org.uk/rep_pipebowls.shtml

 

John.