A 3 3/4" stem supports an average size bowl on this fascinating pipe

with a four thickness leather handle

various grades of gunpowder tea were a common import to America

Our costrel is a styled after an 18th century pattern

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Shoe Last Tamper 18skirtsupport A 3 3/4" stem supportsA fully dimensional shoe last graces the top of this pewter tamper. Reproduced from an original period tamper, the design is clean and simple. A shoe last is the wooden form that a cordwainer used to construct the upper part of a shoe. This particular piece stands at 2. 5" tall from end to end. *All pewter is lead free and cast in the U. S. A*