Figure 1 Example of a summary sheet from the pipe kiln recording system.
Figure 2 Example of a record sheet from the pipe kiln recording system.
Figure 3 Example of a fabric record sheet from the pipe kiln recording system.
Figure 4 a-r Types of muffle feature.
Figure 5 Sketch reconstruction of a Rainford muffle.
Figure 6 Muffle reconstruction, 11 Benthall Lane.
Figure 7 Sketch reconstruction of the Benthall muffle.
Figure 8 Plan and section of muffle from Quay Street, Gloucester.
Figure 9 Sketch reconstruction based on the Gloucester evidence.
Figure 10 Plan and section of muffle from Arcadia Buildings, Southwark.
Figure 11 Details of muffle from Arcadia Buildings, Southwark: a - base edge with prop buttress, rim and wall fragment. b - base detail. c base with prop buttresses and ridge deflectors.
Figure 12 Sketch based on the Southwark evidence (Detail Portsmouth).
Figure 13 Pipe bowls in muffle bases: a - Southwark, b - Guildford and c - Chelmsford.
Figure 14 Pipe bowls in muffle bases from Longwell Green, near Bristol.
Figure 15 Pipe bowls in muffle base from Waterford.
Figure 16 Pipe bowls in muffle base from Bristol, Temple Backs.
Figure 17 Sketch based on the Bristol, Waverly Street, evidence.
Figure 18 Props: a-f Type 1; g-p Type 2; q-t Type 2a; u-y Type 3.
Figure 19 Props: a-b Type 3a; c-e Type 3b; f-h Type 4; i-m Type 4a; n Type 4c.
Figure 20 Props: q Type 5; o-p Type 5a; r-y type uncertain.
Figure 21 Buns: a-f Type 1; g-y Type 2.
Figure 22 Buns: a-j Type 3; k-m Type 4; n Type 5.
Figure 23 Dishes: a & c Type 2; b, d & e type uncertain.
Figure 24 Dishes: f-h Type 2; i Type 1.
Figure 25 Dishes: j-l Type 2.
Figure 26 Montage of props, buns and dishes: a P4; b D2; c P3 & P3b; d P4 & D1; e P2; f P4a; g P2, P4 and B2.
Figure 27 Top, saggar fragment from Barnstaple with pipes trapped in glaze. Bottom, reconstructed section and elevation of the Barnstaple saggar filled with pipes; height and rim form postulated.
Figure 28 Type 2 saggar from Southorn's King Street Works, Broseley.
Figure 29 a-k saggar profiles, l-r bats.
Figure 30 Montage of saggars, saggar rings and circular bats. a & b saggar rings; c & d circular bats; e & f cylindrical saggars; g & h rectangular saggars in pictures; l-r bat fragments.
Figure 31 Furniture supplements: Rolls; a, d, f & g RL2; b, c, h & i RL1; j RL3; e RL4.
Figure 32 Furniture supplements: Rolls; a-f RL5; straps; g, h & j SP1; i SP2.
Figure 33 Furniture supplements: Wads; k & l WA3; m & n WA1; o & p WA5.
Figure 34 Furniture supplements: Applied strips; q-w AS1.
Figure 35 Furniture supplements: Applied strips; a-d AS1; e-g AS2; h-j AS1.
Figure 36 Furniture supplements: Thin sheets; k-n TS1; o-p TS2.
Figure 37 Furniture supplements: Thin sheets; q-r TS3; s-t TS4; u-v TS4a.
Figure 38 Furniture supplements: Thin sheets; a & b TS4a; racks; c-g RK1; h & i RK2.
Figure 39 Furniture supplements: Racks; j-o RK3 terminals; p RK3 intermediate bridge.
Figure 40 Furniture supplements: Racks; q & r RK4; s RK3; t RK2.
Figure 41 Montage of furniture supplements: a & b rolls; c straps; d & e wads; f & g applied strips; h thin sheets in pictures.
Figure 42 Miscellany: a-f socket stands; g-o trimming rings.
Figure 43 Miscellany: Trimming rings.
Figure 44 Montage of miscellany and waste: a & b stamps; c & d fragments of objects of uncertain form; e pipe heel trimmings; f stem seam trimming; g & h bowl mouth trimming rings in pictures.
Figure 45 Montage of miscellany and waste: a & b pipe wasters; c thick sheet dimpled with bowl mouth impressions; d stem seam trimmings and dottle.
Figure 46 Pipe clay lamp from Southwark Street.
Figure 47 Miscellany: a & b wicket slabs; c damper plate; d plugs.
Figure 48 Miscellany: tipping muffle from Bristol, a & b Temple Way; c & d Mead Street.
Figure 49 Waste: Stem, slag and thin sheet laminates in pictures.
Figure 50 Two kilns at Arcadia Buildings, Southwark.
Figure 51 Kiln at Oyster Street, Portsmouth.
Figure 52 Kiln at Rosemary Alley, Guildford.
Figure 53 Kiln at Holywell Hill, St. Albans.
Figure 54 Kiln at Olaf Street, Waterford.
Figure 55 Kiln at Arundel Square, Waterford.
Figure 56 Kiln at High Street, Brentford.
Figure 57 Kiln at Northgate, Canterbury.
Figure 58 Kiln 1 at Hurst Court, Manchester.
Figure 59 Kiln 2 at Hurst Court, Manchester.
Figure 60 Kiln at Rosegarth Street, Boston.
Figure 61 Kiln at Pipe Passage, Lewes.
Figure 62 Plan of Hamilton's Kiln, Carlisle.
Figure 63 Kiln at Broad Street, Limerick.
Figure 64 Block Plan of Kiln from Cottage Street, Leeds.
Figure 65 Block Plan of Christie's Kiln, Leith.
Figure 66 Block Plan of Southorn's Kiln, Broseley.
Figure 67 Block plan of Pardoe's kiln at Nantgarw.
Figure 68 Surviving kiln: Pipe Passage Lewes. Taken in 1962 when the kiln was excavated by Norris.
Figure 69 Surviving kiln: Pipe Passage Lewes filled with garden rubbish. Taken in 1990.
Figure 70 Sections through surviving kiln; Broseley.
Figure 71 Surviving kiln: Broseley. Taken circa 1950 by A Oswald.
Figure 72 Billhead showing kilns at Southorn's Legg's Hill Works.
Figure 73 Plans submitted in 1873 for Longstaff's new factory at Elm Street, Stamford.
Figure 74 Plans submitted in 1880 for Daft's new factory at Burton Street, Nottingham.
Figure 75 Plans submitted in 1879 by William Tennant of Newcastle for a proposed new factory at Back Pitt Street.
Figure 76 Alternative plan for Tennant's proposed new factory at Back Pitt Street, shown in the previous figure.
Figure 77 A kiln at the Leith factory of William Christie, established 1900 closed 1962.
Figure 78 Kilns at a Winstanley's and b Pasture Lane Bridge, Rainford.
Figure 79 Two views of Hill Top pipe works Rainford
Figure 80 a - Hill Top, Rainford; b - Fordham's Pontefract factory.
Figure 81 Details of Fordham's Pontefract kiln
Figure 82 Samson Strong's Cottage Street pipe factory, Leeds.
Figure 83 Samson Strong's Kiln removed to Kirkstall (Drawing by Peter Brears).
Figure 84 Hamilton's Belfast kiln taken 1914.
Figure 85 Belfast kiln of M'Creedy from Belfast Telegraph November 9th 1933.
Figure 86 Two views of Pardoe's Nantgarw pipe and pottery works.
Figure 87 Two prints showing a Late 18th Century kiln-shed at Canterbury (Far right) <-- See plan page 214 -->
Figure 88 Section of tobacco pipe kiln from Rees's Cyclopaedia.
Figure 89 Kiln plans: Top from Rees, Bottom from Good.
Figure 90 Section of tobacco pipe kiln from Good's Pantologia.
Figure 91 Tobacco pipe kiln from Noyce 1859. <-- Not t -->
Figure 92 Tobacco pipe kiln from Duhamel du Monceau 1771.
Figure 93 Bottomless saggars from Pollock's Manchester works.
Figure 94 Sectional diagram through a typical muffle showing locations in which furniture supplements might have been employed.
Figure 95 a - Rainford; b - Andenne
Figure 96 a - Weert; b - Chokier.
Figure 97 a - Suggested sectional reconstruction showing tipping muffle bridging the fire path with pipes placed for glaze melt. The dark line on inner and lower surface indicates glaze track from contact and drips.
b -
Sketch reconstruction showing how a bank of tipping muffles might have been set above a flue similar to those excavated at Boston.
Figure 98 Boston kiln room with possible tipping furnace to the left of the kiln from Wells 1970, Figure 1.
Figure 99 Sketches by Cipriano Piccolpasso of the small kiln.
Figure 100 Watkinson Journal. Facsimile of part of the original manuscript
Figure 101a Watkinson Sketch. "Clay soaking trough and block"
Figure 101b Watkinson Sketch. "Rolling stems, wiring, moulding"
Figure 102a Watkinson Sketch. "Trimming, drying"
Figure 102b Watkinson Sketch. "Kiln, tipping"
Figure 103 Watkinson sketch "TOLL BAR and Old Pipe Cart"
Figure 104 Facsimile of C P Robinson's account c. 1884-9.
Figure 105 Facsimile of C P Robinson's account c. 1884-9.
Figure 106 a - City lease plan dated 1826 showing the trench location within the bounds of the Duke Inn; b - location within the street grid; c - location in the country.
Figure 107 Plan and sections of kiln waste deposit.
Figure 108 Gloucester Quay Street, tobacco pipes, heeled forms.
Figure 109 Gloucester Quay Street, tobacco pipes, 9 with heel, 10-15 with spur, 16-18 from other production centres.
Figure 110 Gloucester Quay Street, tobacco pipes with milled decoration on the stem.
Figure 111 Gloucester Quay Street, tobacco pipes with milled decoration on the stem.
Figure 112 Gloucester Quay Street, tobacco pipes and stem fragments with milled decoration.
Figure 113 Gloucester Quay Street, tobacco pipes and stems.
Figure 114 Gloucester Quay Street, tobacco pipes.
Figure 115 Gloucester Quay Street, tobacco pipes.
Figure 116 Gloucester Quay Street, structural fragments.
Figure 117 Gloucester Quay Street, h-j structural fragments; k - diagram illustrating the tube muffle principle.
Figure 118 Olaf Street, Waterford, E434 Area III plan No 2 Pre-excavation plan of clay pipe kiln.
Figure 119 Suggested use of saggar rings within the muffle.
Figure 120 Chelmsford, Moulsham Street, tobacco pipes.
Figure 121 Chelmsford, Moulsham Street, muffle details: h muffle prop buttress, i muffle rim, k muffle base edge.
Figure 122 Chelmsford, Moulsham Street, Type 1 prop.
Figure 123 A location of Pipe Aston; B position of excavation; C trench layout.
Figure 124 Pipe Aston, tobacco pipes.
Figure 125 Pipe Aston, tobacco pipes.
Figure 126 Pipe Aston, tobacco pipes.
Figure 127 Model based on the evidence from Arcadia Buildings, Southwark.
Figure 128 a - Life size model of the Bristol tipping muffle; b - muffle base model using the Gloucester, Quay Street evidence; c - model showing how the Gloucester muffle might have looked with walls and sparsely spaced buttressing; d & e reconstruc tion of the Chelmsford, Moulsham Street prop; d & f prop and bun based on Stamford examples.
Figure 129 Ground plan of the Breda kiln after Carmiggelt et al.
Figure 130 Photograph of the Breda kiln taken from above the stoking pit with the brick trough at the farther end of the flue ash pit.
Figure 131 ATH1 Rolled thin sheets.
Figure 132 ATH1 Thin sheets.
Figure 133 AY1 RK4.
Figure 134 BA1 SAG1 with pipes trapped in glaze.
Figure 135 BA1 SAG1 with pipes trapped in glaze.
Figure 136 BA1 SAG1 with pipes trapped in glaze.
Figure 137 BA1 SAG1 with pipes trapped in glaze.
Figure 138 BA2 TS4.
Figure 139 BA2 WA5.
Figure 140 BE1 Inside of muffle base.
Figure 141 BE1 Outside of muffle base with support masking.
Figure 142 BO1 RK3.
Figure 143 BO1 RL4 with bowl seam impressions.
Figure 144 BO1 SSL1.
Figure 145 BO1 SSL1.
Figure 146 BRI5 BU2.
Figure 147 BRI7 Assorted furniture.
Figure 148 BRI8 Tipping muffle fragments.
Figure 149 BRI8 Tipping muffle fragments.
Figure 150 BS1 (left) BUN3; (right) pierced BAT.
Figure 151 BS1 Muffle wall bar buttress.
Figure 152 BS1 Muffle wall detail.
Figure 153 BS1 Muffle wall peripheral shelf.
Figure 154 BS1 SAG1.
Figure 155 CA1 Rolls.
Figure 156 CA1 Wads.
Figure 157 CA1 view of kiln.
Figure 158 CA1 view of kiln.
Figure 159 CA1 view of kiln.
Figure 160 CA1 view of kiln.
Figure 161 CA1 view of kiln.
Figure 162 CAR1 SAG1 with wire binding.
Figure 163 CAR1 SAG1.
Figure 164 CAR1 SAG1.
Figure 165 CH1 Pipemaker's stamp.
Figure 166 CH1 Pipemaker's stamp.
Figure 167 CHA1 SSL1.
Figure 168 CHA1 Trimming rings?
Figure 169 CHEL2 P1.
Figure 170 DA1 Roll with bowl mouth impression.
Figure 171 DU1 SSL1.
Figure 172 DU1 SSL1.
Figure 173 EX3 Muffle prop buttress.
Figure 174 GL1 BUN1 elevation.
Figure 175 GL1 BUN1 plan view.
Figure 176 GL1 BUN1.
Figure 177 GL1 BUN5.
Figure 178 GL1 Muffle detail.
Figure 179 GL1 Muffle detail.
Figure 180 GL1 Muffle detail.
Figure 181 GL1 P1 elevation.
Figure 182 GL1 P1 plan view.
Figure 183 GL1 P2.
Figure 184 GL1 P4.
Figure 185 GL2 BAT3.
Figure 186 GL2 BAT3.
Figure 187 GL2 DI1 resting on PROP4.
Figure 188 GL2 Muffle peripheral shelf.
Figure 189 GL2 PROP4 resting on DI1.
Figure 190 GL2 furniture supplements.
Figure 191 GL2 furniture supplements.
Figure 192 GL3 (left) Muffle detail. Peripheral shelf; (right) RK3 bridge.
Figure 193 GL3 BU1.
Figure 194 GL3 BU1.
Figure 195 GL3 Furniture supplements.
Figure 196 GL3 RK3.
Figure 197 GL3 TS4.
Figure 198 GL3 WA5.
Figure 199 GL3 WA5.
Figure 200 GU3 Muffle detail. Pipe bowls at base periphery.
Figure 201 GU3 Muffle detail. Pipe bowls at base periphery.
Figure 202 GU3 Muffle detail. Pipe bowls at base periphery.
Figure 203 GU3 Muffle detail. Prop buttress.
Figure 204 GU3 Muffle detail. Prop buttress.
Figure 205 GU3 Muffle detail. Prop buttress.
Figure 206 GU3 Muffle detail. Prop buttress.
Figure 207 GU4 Bars.
Figure 208 GU4 Bars.
Figure 209 GU4 Muffle detail. Pipe bowls at base periphery.
Figure 210 IP3 RK3.
Figure 211 IP3 RK3.
Figure 212 IP3 RL3.
Figure 213 IP3 Roll with stem impressions.
Figure 214 IP3 Rolls with stem impressions.
Figure 215 IP3 SSL2.
Figure 216 IP3 SSL2.
Figure 217 IP3 Trimming rings.
Figure 218 IP3 Trimming rings.
Figure 219 IP3 WA5.
Figure 220 LEE1 Trimming rings (unfired).
Figure 221 LIN2 RK3 or P1 rack or prop.
Figure 222 LIV1 WA3.
Figure 223 LS1 BAT1.
Figure 224 LS1 BAT1.
Figure 225 LS1 BAT3.
Figure 226 LS1 BAT3.
Figure 227 LS1 Bat with spyhole.
Figure 228 LS1 Bat with spyhole.
Figure 229 LS1 Bat with spyhole.
Figure 230 LS1 Bat with spyhole.
Figure 231 LS1 Brick or bar.
Figure 232 LS1 Collection of buns.
Figure 233 LS1 Collection of props.
Figure 234 LS1 Collection of various props.
Figure 235 LS1 Column of props and buns.
Figure 236 LS1 DI1.
Figure 237 LS1 DI1.
Figure 238 LS1 DI2.
Figure 239 LS1 DI2.
Figure 240 LS1 Muffle wall detail. Bar Buttresses.
Figure 241 LS1 Muffle wall detail. Peripheral shelf.
Figure 242 LS1 P3a.
Figure 243 LS1 P3a.
Figure 244 LS1 P4.
Figure 245 LS1 Plugs.
Figure 246 LS1 Prop. Type uncertain.
Figure 247 LS1 Prop. Type uncertain.
Figure 248 LS1 Prop. Type uncertain.
Figure 249 LS1 Prop. Type uncertain.
Figure 250 LS1 SAG5.
Figure 251 LS1 WA3 and WA5.
Figure 252 LS1 Wicket infill.
Figure 253 LS1 Wicket infill.
Figure 254 MA1 DI1.
Figure 255 MA1 DI1.
Figure 256 MA1 DI1.
Figure 257 MA1 SSL1.
Figure 258 MA1 WA5.
Figure 259 NE1 AS1.
Figure 260 NE1 BU1.
Figure 261 NE1 Prop base. Type Uncertain.
Figure 262 NK1 SSL1.
Figure 263 NO1 WA5.
Figure 264 NO2 SSL1.
Figure 265 NO2 Various rolls.
Figure 266 NOT1 AS1 contact surface.
Figure 267 NOT1 AS1 with stem impressions.
Figure 268 PO1 Cover? Clay waste with impressions of pipe bowl mouths.
Figure 269 PO1 Muffle detail external bar.
Figure 270 PO1 Muffle detail external bar.
Figure 271 PO1 Muffle detail prop buttress.
Figure 272 RA12 WA3 with impression of hollow prop base.
Figure 273 SAL2 P1.
Figure 274 SAL2 P1.
Figure 275 SH1 SSL1.
Figure 276 SH1 TS3.
Figure 277 SO1 View of kiln ash pit.
Figure 278 SO1 View of kiln base.
Figure 279 SO1 View of kiln firebox.
Figure 280 SO1 View of kiln firebox.
Figure 281 SO1 View of kilns in situ.
Figure 282 SO1 View of kilns in situ.
Figure 283 ST1 (left) P4a; (right) P3b.
Figure 284 ST1 P2a.
Figure 285 ST1 Various buns.
Figure 286 ST1 Various props.
Figure 287 ST1 Wicket slab.
Figure 288 STA1 Muffle detail. Prop buttresses.
Figure 289 STA1 RK2.
Figure 290 STA1 RK2.
Figure 291 STA1 Wastered pipe in matrix.
Figure 292 STA1 Wastered pipes.
Figure 293 SU1 SSL1.
Figure 294 SU1 SSL1.
Figure 295 SU1 SSL1.
Figure 296 TR2 (left and centre) Pipe heel trimmings; (right) Pared clay object.
Figure 297 TR2 (left and centre) Pipe heel trimmings; (right) Pared clay object.
Figure 298 TR2 (left) Impression made by pipeclay stamp; (right) Pipeclay stamp.
Figure 299 TR2 Four pipeclay objects.
Figure 300 TR2 Muffle wall.
Figure 301 TR2 Object. Pared irregular star.
Figure 302 TR2 Pipeclay stamp.
Figure 303 TR2 TS1 with "FF" stamp.
Figure 304 TR2 TS1 with two "FF" stamps.
Figure 305 TRU1 P1 or stem cluster.
Figure 306 TRU1 Pipes in muffle wall.
Figure 307 TRU1 Various wads.
Figure 308 WAR1 P5a.
Figure 309 WAR1 RK2.
Figure 310 WAR1 RK2.
Figure 311 WAR1 SSL1.
Figure 312 WAT2 SAG6.
Figure 313 WAT2 SAG6.
Figure 314 WAT2 Shaped section bowl mouth impressions.
Figure 315 WAT2 Wastered pipes.
Figure 316 WI3 Damper plate.
Table 1 List of site locations by County.
Table 2 List of sites from which muffle fragments have been identified.
Table 3 Incidence of furniture recovered from pipe kiln assemblages.
Table 4 List of sites from which furniture supplements have been recorded.
Table 5 List of sites from which slag laminates have been recorded.
Table 6 Sites and muffle features in chronological order.
Table 7 Sites and furniture data in chronological order.
Table 8 Chronological table of furniture supplement incidence.
Table 9 Chronological list of sites from which slag laminates have been recorded.
Map 1 Distribution of sites from which muffle fragments have been identified.
Map 2 Distribution of sites from which furniture has been recorded.
Map 3 Distribution of sites from which furniture supplements have been recorded.
Map 4 Distribution of sites from which slag laminates have been recorded.
Map 5 European sites referred to in the text.
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