Found an old plate

[Applepie6]

I am really sorry!I forgot my password and had to make a new account.Here are the photos of the plate.

[Applepie6]

And here is the pipe.

[Applepie6]

I am very sorry for keeping you waiting so long

[groom]

The colouring and style made me immediately think Delft.

[arthurk]

And here is the pipe.

I have clay pipe makers among my ancestors, and checked a couple of lists of makers that I have for the initials 'TW'. Between them, they had about 30 possible makers, at a variety of dates and places, and I don't think my lists cover the whole country. The position and style of the initials might help to narrow that down, but I don't have pictures to compare them with.

Two sites that might help you with it are

The National Pipe Archive - http://www.pipearchive.co.uk/index.html

The Society for Clay Pipe Research - http://scpr.co/index.html

Both have lots of information and links, so you might be lucky.

[Applepie6]

Thanks!I'll look at them.
          

[Viktoria]

Delft is a strong possibility.
Also Chinese ware was shipped as ballast,and was very popular.
It was made specifically for the export market in Europe.
Try to google Delft and also manufactures like Wedgwood,Masons and Derby .
Patterns were registered and patented I think.
The pipe bowl is relatively small and narrow which suggests a very long- stemmed pipe,
which may have been known as a" Churchwarden".
I seem to remember there is  clay pipe collection in Ironbridge ,in Shropshire.
Literally hundreds on display.
Thanks for satisfying my curiosity . Viktoria.

P.S.Just looked it up and the pipe museum is in Broseley which is part of The Ironbridge Gorge
Museum.There are several sites so you can get an email to them with your query. V.

[AJ100]

I thought of Delft as well but the decoration is too fine. It doesn't look English from the decoration and the man's clothes. The plate appears to be pottery rather than porcelain and the pattern is unusual. If it was Delft then would almost certainly be Dutch but I don't think it is. The glaze would be whiter than it is, being a tin glaze to imitate porcelain.

AJ

[Greensleeves]

Interestingly, the clay pipes were an early example of the throw-away society.  They were bought ready-filled with tobacco and thrown away after use.  At one time we lived in a house which had once been a pub and a certain patch of soil outside one of the back doors had a rich seam of clay pipes.  I love them, they are well worth keeping.