Colonial researchers have found thousands of pipes at Jamestown and at archaeological dig sites along the East Coast. “They are like cigarette butts of the 20th century,” Straube said.

(See a Jamestown map.) The personalized clay pipes, which archaeologists say were probably made between 1608 and 1610, also provide new insights into Jamestown's early pipemaking industry.

RICHMOND, Va. — Archeologists at Jamestown have unearthed a trove of tobacco pipes personalized for a who’s who of early 17th century colonial and British elites, underscoring the importance of ...

The white clay pipes - actually, castoffs likely rejected during manufacturing - were crafted between 1608 and 1610 and bear the names of English politicians, social leaders, explorers, officers ...

Ian Mills, of Tilson, was searching the shore of the Rondout Creek on Sunday outside of Kingston with his son when they found a clay pipe made in England. News 12 Staff • Jul 8, 2021, 7:48 PM ...

The white clay pipes -- actually, castoffs likely rejected during manufacturing -- were crafted between 1608 and 1610 and bear the names of English politicians, social leaders, explorers, officers ...

Terra-cotta tobacco pipes similar in style and decoration to English white clay pipes are occasionally recovered from 17th century European sites in the Tidewater colonies of Maryland and Virginia.

Clay tobacco pipes were fragile but cheap and are among “the most commonly-found [artifacts] on colonial and post-colonial settlements in Canada,” Walker explained in a 1970 paper.

Little descriptive material concerning clay tobacco pipes from circa 1650-1700 era Tidewater plantations has been published. This report presents formal analysis and description of the clay tobacco ...

Mills traced it back to a company called Thomas and Davidson, which made the pipe between 1750 and 1780. Mills says his 4-year-old son was actually the one who made the discovery.