The Development of the Tobacco Pipe Kiln in the British Isles

Allan Peacey

1. The Introduction of Tobacco and Tobacco Pipes to the British Isles
- 1.1 Europeans and Tobacco
- 1.2 The First English Tobacco Pipes
- 1.3 The Earliest Scottish and Irish Tobacco Pipes
- 1.4 Clay Pipe Kilns
2. The History of Clay Tobacco Pipe Kiln Studies
- 2.1 The Litchfield Kiln
- 2.2 Broseley
- 2.3 Early Twentieth-Century Discoveries
- 2.4 The 1960s
- 2.5 The 1970s
- 2.6 The 1980s
- 2.7 The Current State of Knowledge
3. Objectives and Problems
- 3.1 Objectives
- 3.2 Problems: Paucity of Material
- 3.3 Problems: Variable Terminology
- 3.4 Problems: Unidentifiable Material
- 3.6 The Origins of the Industry
4. Methodology: the Tobacco Pipe Kiln Recording System
- 4.1 Locating Kiln Debris
- 4.2 Recording Procedures
- 4.3 Contemporary Descriptions

5. The Archaeological Evidence for the use of Muffles in Pipe Kilns
- 5.1 Seventeenth-Century Muffles
- 5.2 Eighteenth-century Muffle Developments
- 5.3 Nineteenth-Century Muffle Developments
- 5.4 Pipe Bowls in Muffles
6. The Archaeological Evidence for Pipe Kiln Furniture
- 6.1 Furniture typologies
- 6.2 Saggars
- 6.3 Bats
7. The furniture supplements, miscellany and waste
- 7.1 Furniture Supplements
- 7.2 Miscellany
- 7.3 Waste
8. The Ground plan
9. Pipe kiln superstructures
- 9.1 Existing Superstructures
- 9.2 Planning Applications
- 9.3 Photographs and Prints

10 The evidence from contemporary literature
- 10.1 English Encyclopaedias
- 10.2 Other Sources
11 Discussion
- 11.1 Evaluation of the Evidence
- 11.2 Possible Origins of the Industry
- 11.3 Future Work
12 Conclusion
- 12.1 Muffles
- 12.2 Furniture
- 12.3 Furniture supplement
- 12.4 Miscellany and waste
- 12.5 Ground plans
- 12.6 Superstructures