File:Copper alloy ring stopper (tamper) with initials TB dating c. 1640-1720. (FindID 1018244).jpg

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Copper alloy ring stopper (tamper) with initials TB dating c. 1640-1720.
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National Museum Wales , Susie White, 2020-12-14 18:30:45
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Copper alloy ring stopper (tamper) with initials TB dating c. 1640-1720.
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English: Copper alloy ring stopper (tamper) for use with a tobacco pipe. The ring has a flat oval bezel bearing the initials TB flanking a stylised tobacco plant motif. The plain shoulders taper to the base of the loop.  At the junction of the ring and the stem is a single moulded collar. The tamper part then tapers to a foot that has a moulded collar and is circular in plan.

Length: 43.1mm; width of ring: 21.8mm; thickness of bezel: 13.7mm; diameter of tamper stem: 3.6mm tapering to 4.4mm; depth of foot: 3.8mm; diameter of foot: 8.7mm; weight: 7.8g.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Wrexham
Date between 1640 and 1720
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1640-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1720-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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FindIdentifier: 1018244
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/1124878
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/1124878/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/1018244
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