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Clay Pipes from Unknown Sites in the Area of Ilok, Croatia
Andrea Rimpf
Abstract
This paper presents tobacco clay pipes from unknown sites in the area of Ilok, Croatia, which were donated to the Ilok Town Museum. The pipes typologically belong to the eastern Mediterranean type. They
originate from the territory of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy and the Ottoman Empire and date from
the middle of the 16th to the end of the 19th century.
tobacco – eastern Mediterranean type – clay pipes – Ilok
1. INTRODUCTION
The presented clay pipes, which are part of the
museum collection of the Archaeological Department of the Ilok Town Museum, originate from
systematic or rescue archaeological excavations in
the area of Ilok (Fig. 1). The small number presented in this paper – a total of twenty finds – were
donated to the museum by the citizens of Ilok. The
pipes were found during the construction of private houses or garden cultivation from the 1950s
until the 1970s. To date, just over three hundred
clay pipes have been collected and preserved in full
or in fragments, covering the period from the second half of the 16th to the end of the 19th century.
They are a typologically valuable source of information on trade routes and their distribution in
Ilok, especially during the 19th century.
2. TOBACCO CONSUMPTION IN EARLY
MODERN CROATIA
The tobacco plant originates from Central and
South America. It was named after the Tabasco region in present-day Mexico. The indigenous
population enjoyed tobacco by rolling it in bundles
or placing it in Y-shaped pipes. Such pipes would
be placed in the nostrils by inhaling tobacco and
the smoke was released through the mouth (Gačić
2011, 12). Sailors brought tobacco to Spain and
Portugal, where the first introduction of this plant
in local gardens was recorded (Gačić 2011, 13;
Brković/Petričević 2013, 6). The name of the
nicotiana plant has been used since Jean Nicot de
Villemain (1530–1604), the French ambassador
in Portugal, studied the medicinal properties of
tobacco and recommended it to Queen Catherine
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Fig. 1: Location of the town of Ilok, Croatia. Created
by A. Rimpf.
de Medici for the treatment of migraines (Gačić
2011, 13). Another direction of the spread of this
plant is considered to be the Far East, such as China
and Japan, from where it was distributed to Syria
and Egypt during the 16th century, and thus to
other countries of the Ottoman Empire in the early
17th century (Simpson 2009, 67, 68). The word
tobacco used in our country comes from the
Turkish word duhān, Croatian duhan, meaning
steam or smoke (Brković/Petričević 2013, 6).
In the beginning, spahis (Ottoman cavarlymen)
and other Muslims were engaged in trade, while
the rural population joined the production in later
decades. Imported Turkish tobacco varieties called
bošča and proseča were mostly used. Planting in
the area of today’s Serbia is reported by numerous
travel writers during the 17th century.1 In the area
of the Morava and Drina rivers, two types of tobacco were grown, large krdžan and bajinovac.2 They
were of poorer quality than tütün (another Ottoman word for tobacco), which was imported from
Turkey. Craftsmen called avandžije3 were engaged
in the processing and sale of tobacco (Gačić 2011,
17, 18). Tobacco came to the area of Syrmia from
1 In 1611, French traveler Lefevre wrote that he saw some
Turks in Prokuplje smoking tobacco in the shade near their
shop over coffee (Mijatović 2006, 11).
today’s territory of Serbia and Bosnia by movements of army troops and trade. The first mention
of tobacco in the area of the Syrmia Sanjak is in
Sanjak of Syrmia mufassil tahrir defter from 1566–
1574, which mentions tobacco tax collection on
Muslim houses in today’s village of Nijemci, nahiye4 Nijemci, in the amount of 396 akçe (Ottoman
monetary unit), i.e., the tax was paid by 66 houses
in the amount of 6 akçe (McGowan 1983, 409).
Given the previous dating of clay pipes and scientific interpretations of the time of the appearance
of tobacco in the Balkan regions of the Ottoman
Empire, especially in the east of today’s Croatia, its use has been reported since the late 16th
and first decade of the 17th century. Data on the
mention of tobacco in Nijemci should be taken
into account in further archaeological research
and the archaeological dating of objects, in this
case tobacco clay pipes. The first visual image of
a clay pipe and tobacco smoking was recorded in
the nearby city of Vukovar on a depiction made by
the imperial ambassador Maximilian Prandstätter
in 1608, which shows the inhabitants of the town
smoking pipes on the nearby island of Adica at the
foot of the fortress (Fig. 2). The use of tobacco in
the area of Syrmia was also recorded during the
great plague in 1795, when the authorities issued
an order: “Houses should be kept clean, washed,
houses should often be ventilated with a blueberry,
tobacco or sage plant.” (Glesinger 1973, 38, 39).
Reports of trade in the city of Brod on the River
Sava from 1800 mention that 148 pounds of tobacco and 7.5 pounds of pipes were imported into the
monarchy. In 1810, 13,760 quintal of tobacco was
transported to the Slavonian frontier on the Sava
with twelve ships (Matanović 2002, 99, 100). Sporadic records of several stalks of planted tobacco
in Ilok, whose cultivation was banned in the late
19th and early 20th century, primarily due to state
monopolies, are mentioned by Julije Benešić in
his notes “Turnips, onions, hemp and, where there
is moisture, stork potatoes grow very well, and it’s
extraordinarily convenient land for tobacco. Tobacco
has only a few stalks in sheltered places, because this
culture is forbidden.” (Benešić 1910, 5).
2 Bajinovac was named after the Bajina Bašta area in which it
was grown.
3 They were named after avan, a device used for cutting
tobacco.
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4 Ottoman administrative unit.
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Fig. 2: Depiction of Vukovar from 1608 by Maximilian Prandstätter. Graphic collection of the Croatian State
Archives, Zagreb. Created by A. Rimpf.
3. BASIC FORMS OF CLAY PIPES
After the first phase of growth in tobacco consumption, pipes developed into two basic forms:
the western form – with a small bowl, a long stem
and kamış (common reed) in one piece; and the
eastern Mediterranean type with a larger bowl
and a small stem (Bekić 2000, 250). Eastern-type
ceramic pipes consist of three parts: a bowl, a stem
and a mouthpiece. The stem was made of cherry or
jasmine wood, and could be decorated with more
precious metals, pearls or silk material. The length
of the stem varied from 1 m to 4 m. The last part of
the pipe is a mouthpiece made of amber, coral or
metal (Gusar 2008, 137). The connection between
the bowl and the stem in the eastern type is one
connecting hole (Austro-Hungarian and Ottoman
type) or three connecting holes (Italian-chioggia
type). Eastern, Austro-Hungarian and Ottoman
pipes all have their subtypes depending on the
place of production (Fig. 3).
3.1 AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN PRODUCTION IN
THE 18TH AND 19TH CENTURIES
The most famous centre is Schemnitz, with famous
master pipemakers Hőnig and Johanes Partsch.
Another well-known centre is Theresienfeld near
Wiener Neustadt, with the workshops of Anton
Partscha, Franz Kocha and Podries from Podrečany. The 19th century is marked by the appearance
of the “Coffehouse” style pipe with a brass lid on
the bowl of the pipe. Schemnitz pipes are made
of black clay in a mould, with polished surfaces,
a high bowl and a short stem. Such pipes usually
have a master’s seal (Bekić 2000, 252).
It should be noted that this type of pipe also has
its regional subtypes, i.e., Austrian, Hungarian,
Austro-Hungarian and local production (production in Zelovo). A mould from Ilok found during
archaeological excavations in the historic centre of
Ilok indicates smaller local production.
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to their useful function they also have a decorative
one (Gusar 2008, 137). Some specimens of Ottoman pipes certainly arrived in Ilok by trade during
the earlier centuries, but from the 19th and early
20th century onwards some items could be souvenirs from a trip to the Middle East, as written by
Marko Šamšalović from Ilok, who visited it in 1905
together with his wife. During his visit to Jerusalem
and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre on April 18,
1905, he wrote in his journal: “As soon as he entered
the church, the loggia where the Turks kept watch
caught his eye. They were sitting there drinking coffee
and smoking, ignoring the fact that it is a holy place.”
(Černi 2014, 39; Fig. 4).
Fig. 3: “Western” pipe shape; “Mediterranean” pipe
shape; according to Robinson 1985.
3.2 OTTOMAN PRODUCTION
The consumption of tobacco was accepted very
early in the territory of today’s Turkey, and consequently in other regions of the Ottoman Empire.
Production has been recorded since 1605, and
the first restrictions appeared in the time of Sultan Murad IV (1623–1640) due to the fire hazard
(Gusar 2008, 137). In the first period they were
made of white clay embossed in a mould and richly decorated, and from the end of the 17th century they were made of red clay often coated with
red engobe. A Meerschaum (sea foam) pipe with
a special decoration and a gold coloured patina,
reminiscent of ivory, also originates from Turkey.5
Well-known production centres are in Syria, Egypt,
Morocco, Burgas, Sofia, Varna, Istanbul and Diyarbakir (Bekić 2000, 253). According to M. Stančeva,
as the pipes are small in size, sometimes artistically
processed, and some examples of eastern pipes are
even decorated with gold or silver threads, they are
more of a goldsmith’s product than a ceramic one,
and therefore pipes were separated from ceramic
masters early on (Stančeva 1976, 95, 135; Bekić
2000, 254). All these production centres actually
form an additional sub-typology. The pipes of the
Ottoman type are richly decorated, so in addition
5 Meerschaum is a mineral consisting of magnesium that can
be found in the ground at a depth of approximately 10 metres.
The characteristic of this material is that it is light, very porous
and easy to carve.
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4. PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY
The technology of pipemaking is complex. First,
a wooden model of a pipe was made, which was
then used as a model for a mould. The mould had
two parts made of wood or a soft stone (Gusar
2008, 139). The mould’s interior was then smeared
with lead or tin with decoration. A well-purified
clay would be pressed into the mould, after which
wedges were inserted to model the space for the
tobacco chamber in the bowl and the hollow in the
stem, into which kamış was later inserted. After
drying and firing, the pipe would be taken out and
a connecting hole between the hollow stem and
tobacco bowl was created. This was followed by
the polishing, glazing or engobing of the surface
(Gusar 2008, 139).
5. CLAY PIPES FROM THE MODERN PERIOD COLLECTION OF THE ILOK
TOWN MUSEUM
At the beginning of the 16th century, Ilok became
part of the Ottoman Empire, and from the middle
of the 16th century until 1663 it was the centre of
the Sanjak6 of Syrmia. In 1688, it became part of
the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The Modern period collection of the Ilok Town Museum contains
tobacco pipes of the eastern Mediterranean type:
Austro-Hungarian pipes with their subtypes, Ottoman, and local types, as well as pipes whose origin
6 Ottoman administrative unit.
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Fig. 4: Marko and Adela Šamšalović in Istanbul in 1905, Ilok Town Museum, inv. no. MGI-11148.
cannot be determined. The pipe collection presented in this paper belong to the eastern Mediterranean type and has about twenty finds without an
archaeological context, as they belong to an old
museum inventory created by donations from the
citizens of Ilok. Since the founding of the museum
in 1952, many lovers of Ilok’s history have donated
objects they found during agricultural and urban
planning works to the museum. Due to the historical circumstances the institution has experienced
for almost 70 years, some items have lost their
subject card or received an inventory mark without the data being entered in the inventory book.
Nine pipes belong to the Austro-Hungarian type.
When we talk about the workshops of the masters,
only three pipes from this group have the seal of
the workshop: Podries,7 Podrecs and M. Hőnig We –
Schemnitz.
7 The Podries workshop was located in the village of Podrečany near the town of Lučenec in present-day Slovakia. Juraj
Krčiaški, a village clerk, started the production in 1794. Pipes
were made by hand, without a mould, and he soon gained great
fame. However, precisely because of the intoxication with fame,
other pipemakers appeared in the village and took on a leading
role, although their products were of poorer quality (Bielich/
Čurný 2009, 350).
5.1 TYPE 1 PIPES
The T. 1.1 clay pipe is partially preserved and the
upper part of the bowl is missing. The ridge is
pronounced on the lower part and profiled in the
shape of a shell, connected by one hole. The hoop
is squarely profiled and decorated with oblique
lines, while the remains of a metal cover are visible. The pipe is made of clay, polished and black
fired, which made it grey-black in colour. On the
right side of the stem is an oval area with the seal of
M. HŐNIG. WE _ SCHEMNITZ. On the left side
of the stem in a round area is the coat of arms of
the town of Banská Štiavnica, dated to the first half
of the 19th century, i.e., around 1830 (Nagy 2001,
50). Analogies for this type of pipe can be found
at the sites Varaždin – Vodnikova Street (Drpić
2018, T.2.8), Dubrovnik – Gornji ugao Tower
(Milošević/Topić 2011, fig. 4), Nitra (Bielich/
Čurný 2009, 345) and in Serbia (Gačić 2011, 125,
fig. 174). The difference between these pipes is in
the hoop, which can be decorated with rhombuses
or oblique lines.
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The T.1.2 pipe belongs to the same group of pipes.
The bowl is hexagonal and highly profiled with
a ridge modelled in the shape of a shell and connected by a single connecting hole. It is missing
part of the stem. The surface is polished and greyblack in colour.
The third clay pipe, T.1.3, from the first half of the
19th century has only been partly preserved in the
form of a stem and a hoop. The hoop is squarely
thickened, and below it is a strip with parallel lines.
A piece of the metal part on it has been preserved.
In the area of the ridge, a V-shaped decoration was
made with a wheel. The stem was connected to the
bowl with one connecting hole. On the right side of
the stem in the oval seal is the name of the workshop
PODRECS. The pipe is black with a polished surface. This type of pipe was produced in the Slovak
town of Podrečany. Analogies to these pipes can be
found in Varaždin (Drpić 2018, tab. VII.28), Hainburg on the Danube (Vyšohlíd 2016, tab. 3.3.), and
Petrovaradin Fortress (Gačić 2011, 13).
The T.1.4 pipe has a partially damaged bud-shaped
bowl (rolled tobacco leaves?) and a hoop. It is
connected to the stem by a prominent ridge and
a single connecting hole. The prominent hoop
has a horizontal incised line for the lid. The pipe
is grey-black. The PODRIES seal is in the rectangular space on the left side of the stem and on the
right side of the stem is an illegible coat of arms
in the square seal. The pipe dates to the early 19th
century.
Earlier production of clay pipes can be attributed to the so-called Hungarian sub-type dating to
the 18th and early 19th century (T.1.5–10). The
bright orange pipes are characterised by a short
stem, a thickened turban hoop and a cylindrical
bowl. Like all pipes of the eastern Mediterranean type, they have one connecting hole. The pipe
(T.1.5) has a partially preserved bowl and a prominent ridge. The stem ends with a thickened hoop
decorated with oblique incisions. The decoration
is made with horizontal lines along the ridge and
on the underside of the stem. The bowl is decorated with vertical lines and orange-red in colour.
According to Divna Gačić, Debrecen can be considered as the place of production, and we can also
find them in the area of Vojvodina in today’s Serbia
(Gačić 2011, figs. 141, 142). Debrecen production
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also includes a clay pipe (T.1.6) with a partially preserved bowl and a prominent ridge. The stem ends
with a thickened hoop decorated with oblique incisions and a horizontal line incised below the hoop.
The decoration on the bowl consists of stylised floral elements formed by circles and lines. The pipe is
orange-red in colour, has one connecting hole and
dates to the second half of the 18th century. The
pipe with a partly preserved bowl (T.1.7) belongs
to the same type. The lower part of the bowl is circular in shape and is connected to the stem with
a prominent ridge and a connecting hole. The
stem ends with a thickened hoop decorated with
oblique incisions, while below the hoop is a double incised horizontal line. The decoration on the
cup consists of stylised floral elements formed by
circles and lines. The pipe is orange-red. Analogies
to these pipes can be found in Sremski Karlovci,
Petrovaradin Fortress (Gačić 2011, figs. 135, 136),
and Oradea (Gruia 2013, figs. 5, 9a). The clay pipe
(T.1.8) is missing most of its bowl. The stem is short
and at an acute angle. The rim of the stem is profiled and thickened. The decoration is embossed in
the form of irregular lines. The pipe is orange-red
in colour, has one connecting hole and dates to the
first half of the 18th century. Analogies to this pipe
can be found in Ruma, Srijemski Karlovci, and Bač
(Gačić 2011, figs. 131–133).
5.2 TYPE 2 PIPES
Twelve items belong to Ottoman production. Two
specimens of pipes bear the seals of the workshops
and both date to the 19th century. The fragmentarily preserved clay pipe T. 2.1 has a bell-shaped bowl
(reminiscent of a lily blossom). It is orange-red in
colour and has a polished surface. Below the edge,
three horizontal lines are drawn with a dot. Along
the upper edge of the bowl and inside the circular
field is an inscription in Arabic. An analogy to the
mentioned pipe can be found at the Belgrade Fortress, Kragujevac and Vranje (Gačić 2011, figs. 92,
98, 103).
The T. 2.2 clay pipe is missing a part of the rim of
the bowl made in the shape of a lily. The decoration
on the bowl is profiled in the shape of a beehive over
the entire surface. The rim of the stem is thickened,
octagonal in shape, decorated with semi-circular
incisions and connected by a single hole. The pipe is
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red, polished and coated. According to de Vincenz,
the stamped ornament is attributed to the master Babalık. He produced numerous typologically
different pipes in the late 19th century in Istanbul
(Vincenz 2014, 71, 72; Bakla 2007, tab. 302). Parallels for this pipe can be found in Israel at the Jaffa
site (Vincenz, in press, type J-19F), at the Romanian site Babadag (Costea et al. 2007, tab.VII/4, 5),
Stari Bar in Montenegro (Vincenz 2014, figs. 5, 6),
Belgrade Fortress (Bikić 2012, fig. 5/12), and
Dubrovnik-Gornji Ugao Tower (Milošević/Topić
2011, 323, fig. 75). Identical specimens were also
recorded in Corinth in Greece, a larger number in
the area of Sofia, Varna, and Veliko Tarnovo in Bulgaria (Robinson 1985, 167, tab. 59.123).
The T. 2.3 clay pipe is missing its stem and has
a cylindrically shaped bowl in the upper and discoid lower part. The ridge of the pipe is accentuated and has one connecting hole. The decoration
is made with the help of a wheel by imprinting
dashed lines, under which there is a series of stylised floral ornaments made with a seal. The polished red-orange pipe roughly dates to the first
half of the 19th century. Similar pipes were found
in Belgrade (Gačić 2011, figs. 104, 105).
The group of clay pipes includes those with a cylindrically shaped bowl, a bevelled rim and a rounded
ridge with one connecting hole, which date back
to the second half of the 18th century. The T.2.4
clay pipe has a cylindrically shaped bowl, a bevelled edge and a rounded ridge. The stem is short
and at a sharp angle, while the hoop is star-shaped
with indentations. The pipe is red with remnants
of a red coating. The T.2.5 pipe with a cylindrically
shaped bowl and a beveled rim belongs to the same
group. It is missing a part of the bowl and the stem.
The pipe is red with the remnants of coating and
visible traces of polishing. This group also includes
a fragment of a clay pipe (T.2.6) which only has the
preserved bottom of the bowl. The pipe is red in
colour and with the remnants of coating. Parallels
are found throughout the Ottoman Empire as well
as in the border areas of the Habsburg Monarchy,
especially in Bulgaria. According to Robinson,
they originate from Kyustendi near Sofia in Bulgaria (Robinson 1985, 164). To date, they have
been recorded at the sites of the Belgrade Fortress (Bikić 2012, fig. 2/2; Gačić 2011, fig. 44);
in Corinth, though it should be emphasised that
this clay pipe is only identical in shape because it is
made of kaolin clay (Robinson 1985, 165, tab. 48C10); in Doboj Fortress, where it is dated to the
19th century (Jašarević 2018, tab. II.28); and in
Timișoara (Craiovan 2017, 164, 165).
The T.2.7 clay pipe is missing most of its bowl. The
stem is short and connected to the bowl with one
connecting hole. The hoop is profiled and in the
shape of a turban. The decoration is applied by
incising oblique lines along the stem on the underside. A small part of the sealed rosette can be seen
on the right side of the preserved part of the bowl.
The pipe is orange in colour and can be roughly
dated to the end of the 17th and the first half of the
18th century according to similar examples from
the Smederevo fortress (Gačić 2011, fig. 7).
Based on the shape, the T.2.8 clay pipe was also
dated to the end of the 17th and the first half of the
18th century. It has a preserved part of a cylindrically shaped bowl and a part of a stem with a hoop
stylised in the shape of a turban. The stem and
the bowl are connected by one connecting hole,
and the ridge is slightly bevelled. The decoration
is embossed, with the motifs of the petals placed
in fields, while the hoop is decorated with oblique
lines. The pipe is pink in colour, made of refined
clay in a mould. This type of pipe could belong to
the Austro-Hungarian subtype, for which it is not
yet possible to establish parallels and therefore the
question of its distribution remains open.
Four specimens of clay pipes are made of kaolin
clay, dating to the end of the 17th and the first half
of the 18th century. The pipe (T. 2.9) has a cylindrically shaped bowl, a bevelled rim and a rounded ridge. The bowl and the stem are connected by
a single connecting hole. The stem is short, has
a 90° angle, and ends with a square profiled hoop.
The pipe has a polished white surface. Parallels
for this pipe can be found in Corinth (Robinson
1985, C10), Babadag, Eger, Sofia, Veliko Tarnovo
(Costea et al. 2007, tab. III/3, 4), and Belgrade
(Bikić 2012, fig. 4/22). The T. 2.10 clay pipe is partially preserved, missing most of the upper part of
the bowl, which is cylindrically shaped. The lower
part of the bowl is discoid. The ridge is accentuated by a V line and a vertical strip obtained from
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a toothed wheel. The stem is long and ends with
a thickened hoop. The identical decoration is ringshaped on the stem as well as on the hoop in the
form of two parallel lines. The pipe is made of kaolin, with white-pink coloured polished surface.
A similar specimen is found in Timișoara, Szeged,
and Buda (Kopeczny/Dincă 2012, 175, fig. 74).
A similar example is a fragmented pipe (T. 2.11).
The bowl of the pipe is profiled in the shape of
a tulip, while the edge of the bowl and the hoop
are missing. The ridge is accentuated by an imprint
of a V-shaped wheel. The stem is short and placed
at a sharp angle decorated with a wheel featuring
a double horizontal line. The pipe is made of kaolin clay, white in colour, has a polished surface and
one connecting hole. A similar example was found
in the historic centre of Timișoara (Kopeczny/
Dincă 2012, 175, fig. 70). The T. 2.12 clay pipe is
missing the upper part of its bowl. The lower part of
the bowl is spherically profiled with an accentuated
ridge and a short stem, which is placed at an acute
angle and connected to the bowl by a single connecting hole. The hoop is thickened in the shape of
a turban. The decoration is made with a V-shaped
wheel in the form of dots and notches in the area of
the ridge, while the lower part of the bowl consists
of grooves and X-shaped ornaments. The decoration in the form of vertical parallel notches can be
found on the hoop and the upper part of the stem.
The pipe is white and made of kaolin clay. A similar
example is found in Timișoara (Kopeczny/Dincă
2012, 175, fig. 50) and Nagykanizsa (Kovacs 2004,
tab. 2/10), where this type of clay pipe dates to the
second half of the 17th century.
Conclusion
The collection of ceramic pipes presented in this paper represents the first publication of pipes from Ilok.
Although these pipes are without an archaeological context and are the result of random finds, they indicate important trade routes and the prevalence of individual masters of pipes in Central and Southeastern
Europe and the Middle East in the wider context. Especially important within the entire collection of
ceramic pipes at the Ilok Town Museum are pipes from the period of the Austrian Empire and the later
monarchy, when the Odescalchi Palace in Ilok was renovated four times, which resulted in the arrival of
many foreign workers and employees of the manor who brought the aforementioned items with them.
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CATALOGUE
D.T.C. = diameter of tobacco chamber, I.D.S. = inner diameter of the stem, T.B.W. = thickness of the bowl
wall, H.T.C. = height of the tobacco chamber. N/A is used for measurements that could not be added
because the piece is fragmented. Measurements are in centimetres.
Tab.1
1. Clay pipe
Austro-Hungarian Monarchy
1830
Seal: M. HŐNIG. WE_SCHEMNITZ, coat-of-arms of
Banská Štiavnica
D.T.C. = 1.45; I.D.S. = 1.07; T.B.W. = 0.4; H.T.C. = 2.31
Inv. No.: MGI-835
Found in the collection of the Archaeological Department of the Ilok Town Museum, Modern period.
2. Clay pipe
Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, Schemnitza?
Middle of the 19th century
Seal: none
D.T.C. = 2; I.D.S. = 0.98; T.B.W. = 0.19; H.T.C. = 6.54
Inv. No.: MGI-842
Found in the collection of the Archaeological Department of the Ilok Town Museum, Modern period.
3. Clay pipe
Austro-Hungarian Monarchy
First half of the 19th century
Seal: PODRECS
D.T.C. = N/A; I.D.S. = 1.02; T.B.W. = N/A; H.T.C. = N/A
Inv. No.: MGI-923
Found in the collection of Archaeological Department
of Ilok Town Museum, Modern period.
4. Clay pipe
Austro-Hungarian Monarchy
Beginning of the 19th century
Seal: In the rectangular field on the left side of the stem
the seal is PODRIES, while on the right side of the stem
is the coat of arms.
D.T.C. = 1.57; I.D.S. = 1.27; T.B.W. = 0.4; H.T.C. = 3.0
Inv. No.: MGI-841
Found in the collection of the Archaeological Department of the Ilok Town Museum, Modern period.
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5. Clay pipe
Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, Debrecen?
End of the 18th and the beginning of the 19th century
Seal: none
D.T.C. = 1.16; I.D.S. = 0.78; T.B.W. = 0.32; H.T.C. = 1.66
Inv. No.: MGI-836
Found in the collection of the Archaeological Department of the Ilok Town Museum, Modern period.
6. Clay pipe
Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, Debrecen?
Second half of the 18th century
Seal: none
D.T.C. = 1.35; I.D.S. = 0.88; T.B.W. = 0.2; H.T.C. = 3.21
Inv. No: MGI-838
Found in the collection of the Archaeological Department of the Ilok Town Museum, Modern period.
7. Clay pipe
Austro-Hungarian Monarchy
Second half of the 18th century
Seal: none
D.T.C. = 1.45; I.D.S. = 1.1; T.B.W. = 0.39; H.T.C. = 2.15
Inv. No.: MGI-840
Found in the collection of the Archaeological Department of the Ilok Town Museum, Modern period.
8. Clay pipe
Austro-Hungarian Monarchy
First half of the 18th century
Seal: none
D.T.C. = N/A; I.D.S. = 0.84; T.B.W. = 0.38; H.T.C. = 2.87
Inv. No.: MGI-929
Found in the collection of the Archaeological Department of the Ilok Town Museum, Modern period.
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Tab. 2
1. Clay pipe
Ottoman Empire
Middle of the 19th century
Seal: Along the upper edge of the bowl inside the circular field is an inscription in Arabic.
D.T.C. = N/A; I.D.S. = N/A; T.B.W. = 0.35; H.T.C. = 2.94
Inv. No.: MGI-837
Found in the collection of the Archaeological Department of the Ilok Town Museum, Modern period.
2. Clay pipe
Ottoman Empire
End of the 19th century
Seal: Decorative seal in the shape of a lily on the bowl
of the pipe.
D.T.C. = 1.95; I.D.S. = 1.33; T.B.W. = 0.38; H.T.C. = 3.65
Inv. No.: MGI-839
Found in the collection of the Archaeological Department of the Ilok Town Museum, Modern period.
3. Clay pipe
Ottoman Empire
First half of the 19th century
Seal: At the bottom of the bowl is a decorative seal in the
shape of a tulip.
D.T.C. = 1.49; I.D.S. = N/A; T.B.W. = 0.24; H.T.C. = 3.43
Inv. No.: MGI-931
Found in the collection of the Archaeological Department of the Ilok Town Museum, Modern period.
4. Clay pipe
Ottoman Empire
Second half of the 18th century
Seal: none
D.T.C. = 1.77; I.D.S. = 0.71; T.B.W. = 0.17; H.T.C. = 3.33
Inv. No.: MGI-924
Found in the collection of the Archaeological Department of the Ilok Town Museum, Modern period.
5. Clay pipe
Ottoman Empire
Second half of the 18th century
Seal: none
D.T.C. = 1.29; I.D.S. = N/A; T.B.W. = 0.20; H.T.C. = 3.36.
Inv. No.: MGI-930
Found in the collection of the Archaeological Department of the Ilok Town Museum, Modern period.
6. Clay pipe
Ottoman Empire
Second half of the 18th century
Seal: none
D.T.C. = N/A; I.D.S. = N/A; T.B.W. = 0.24; H.T.C. = 1.57
Inv. No.: MGI-933
Found in the collection of the Archaeological Department of the Ilok Town Museum, Modern period.
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7. Clay pipe
Ottoman Empire
End of the 17th – first half of the 18th century
Seal: none
D.T.C. = N/A; I.D.S. = 0.86; T.B.W. = 0.52; H.T.C. = N/A
Inv. No.: MGI-926
Found in the collection of the Archaeological Department of the Ilok Town Museum, Modern period.
8. Clay pipe
Ottoman Empire
End of the 17th – first half of the 18th century
Seal: none
D.T.C. = N/A; I.D.S. = 0.72; T.B.W. = 0.34; H.T.C. = 4.41
Inv. No.: MGI-932
Found in the collection of the Archaeological Department of the Ilok Town Museum, Modern period.
9. Clay pipe
Ottoman Empire, Varna (Bulgaria)?
17th–18th century
Seal: none
D.T.C. = 1.40; I.D.S. = 0.74; T.B.W. = 0.56; H.T.C. = 3.40
Inv. No.: MGI-928
Found in the collection of the Archaeological Department of the Ilok Town Museum, Modern period.
10. Clay pipe
Ottoman Empire
End of the 17th – first half of the 18th century
Seal: none
D.T.C = 1.67; I.D.S. = 0.75; T.B.W. = 0.31; H.T.C. = 3
Inv. No.: MGI-925
Found in the collection of the Archaeological Department of the Ilok Town Museum, Modern period.
11. Clay pipe
Ottoman Empire, Varna (Bulgaria)?
17th–18th century
Seal: none
D.T.C. = 1.55; I.D.S. = 0.64; T.B.W. = 0.5; H.T.C. = 2.78
Inv. No.: MGI-927
Found in the collection of the Archaeological Department of the Ilok Town Museum, Modern period.
12. Clay pipe
Ottoman Empire
Second half of the 17th century
Seal: none
D.T.C. = 1.82; I.D.S. = 1.62; T.B.W. = 0.56; H.T.C. = 1.91
Inv. No.: MGI-848
Found in the collection of the Archaeological Department of the Ilok Town Museum, Modern period.
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