CONTENTS
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CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION OF TOBACCO-SMOKING IN
EUROPE 9
Tobacco-smoking and its Origin.......... 9
Arrival of Tobacco in Europe .......... 9
The Name 'Tobacco'.......... 9
Tobacco in England.......... 9
The Earliest Pipes.......... 10
Early Opposition to Smoking.......... 10
CHAPTER II: THE CLAY TOBACCO-PIPE.......... 11
Earliest Reference to Clay-pipes.......... 11
Effect of High Price of Tobacco.......... 11
'Fairy Pipes'.......... 11
Pipe-clay.......... 12
Alternatives to Pipe-clay.......... 12
Early Factories and The Company of Tobacco-pipe Makers 12
Foreign Competition.......... 12
Modern Manufacture.......... 12
Pipes Represented in Paintings and Drawings.......... 13
Tobacco Pipes and Tradesmen's Tokens.......... 13
CHAPTER III: EVOLUTIONARY CHANGES IN THE CLAY
TOBACCO-PIPE.......... 15
Evolution of Stem-length and Shape.......... 15
Evolution of Bowl-form.......... 15
Glazing of Mouthpiece.......... 16
Early Makers' Marks.......... 16
Initials on Pipes, and How to Read Them.......... 17
Other Devices and Marks.......... 17
The Extravagant Shapes.......... 18
Multiple Bowls.......... 18
Coloured Clay Pipes.......... 19
CHAPTER IV: THE DATING OF CLAY-PIPES.......... 20
Outlines of Dated Types.......... 20
A Simple Dated Sequence.......... 20
Key to Dating of Clay-pipes.......... 22
List of Makers' Names and Initials.......... 28
Bibliography of Clay Tobacco-pipes.......... 34
CHAPTER V: THE CLAY TOBACCO-PIPE IN ESSEX AND
EAST ANGLIA................ 35
CHAPTER VI: SOME ADDITIONAL RECORDS ...... 41