Tobacco pipe?

[Digger_O'Dell]

Found this today in the field not far from where I found the flat button. Looks like it was a pipe made from lead with the stem crudely melted to the bowl. Obviously quite old by the amount of deterioration. Any ideas? Thanks!

Sent from my SM-N920T using Tapatalk

 

[clad mike]

possibly a small lead ladle for making bullets ?

 

[del]

Pewter pipes were uncommon but its possible that Native Americans acquired an example through trade

 

[Digger_O'Dell]

Pewter pipes were uncommon but its possible that Native Americans acquired an example through trade

Doing a bit of research on my end, the native Americans in my area used what are called Calumet pipes which are quite different. I did find a photo of one that tools quite similar found at a shipwreck site off Wales. The article notes one other found on a wreck off Bermuda. Of course those are well before the likely timeframe of this piece. But, though rare, lead and pewter pipes are known. It does have a flat bottom which leads me to believe it was meant to stay upright when put down.
http://www.thisismast.org/projects/alderney-elizabethan-wreck.html

 

[Lodge Scent]

Interesting piece. I wonder what kind of brain damage you would get from smoking from a lead pipe bowl?