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Old smokeing pipe?
- Thread starter sasquache
- Start date
Jim West Pa
New member
durin the Civil War Soldiers would fashion items out of lead.
They weren't aware of lead poisoning then.
Smokin pipes were normaly madeopf clay.
Real cool find
They weren't aware of lead poisoning then.
Smokin pipes were normaly madeopf clay.
Real cool find
Eddie in Poulsbo
New member
Looks like a lead pipe to me. If the guy who made it didn't die from lung cancer from the tabaco then it's a good way of dying from lead poisoning. Cool find though. HH.
Eddie
Eddie
My thoughts exactly, Eddie. My father died from lead poisoning. The doctors at the time (Ft. Smith, Arkansas, 1959) never identified the cause of death. Now I know that all his symptoms were classic for lead poisoning. He painted with lead paints for many years. I found the hospital report a few days ago. By the way, Blue Cross denied payment to the hospital because it was a "pre-existing condition".
And that's another conspiracy cover up of some sort. The Roman's knew lead killed you. Cheap wines were made and stored in lead vessels. The white residue formed at the bottom of the vessel of wine was sweet and was called "sugar of lead". Water pipes were also constructed of terra cotta or lead. Probably one reason the average life span was only in the 40s. My dad was 49.
For what it's worth.
Musketeer
And that's another conspiracy cover up of some sort. The Roman's knew lead killed you. Cheap wines were made and stored in lead vessels. The white residue formed at the bottom of the vessel of wine was sweet and was called "sugar of lead". Water pipes were also constructed of terra cotta or lead. Probably one reason the average life span was only in the 40s. My dad was 49.
For what it's worth.
Musketeer
ronaldj2
Well-known member
By the discoloration (patina), I would say yes it is old. Could be civil war era, by what Jim West PA said. :soldiers would fashion many items out of lead during the Civil War, it was very abundant then. I am certainly not an expert, but I have found old musket balls and pieces of lead flashing from old buildings that were long gone. And the patina on the lead was similar in color and tone. Anyhow it is a good respectable find. And, yes it sure does look like the bowl of a smoking pipe. Maybe it had a clay stem insert, or not.
And, yes it sure does look like the bowl of a smoking pipe. Maybe it had a clay stem insert, or not.