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Base Body Lid flange Body reinforcmt Notes
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Item 51a & 51b (photograph 39a & c) is another piece of the lid from item
50, together with a small piece of cotton cloth. The dimensions of this
piece of cloth are approximately 48mm and 34mm, and it was probably
used to secure an opium pipe bowl to the brass coupling piece of the pipe
stem. This practice is mentioned in Wegars (1993:264).
Item 319 (photograph 39b) is an opium "fun" tray, a tray used for serving a
standard opium measure, which was one 'fon'. It has the faint impression
of a cartouche similar to those found on some opium cans, and has
probably been fashioned from the base of an opium can. It has become
flattened, and measures 38mm by 37mm. Originally it had sides 6.6 to
7.0mm high, and a base measurement of around 26mm square.
Item 186 (photograph 39d) is either the top lip of a small lamp glass, quite
possibly from an opium lamp, or the top lip of a small vase. In either case
the item was probably not more than 100 or 120mm high. The glass is
amethyst-coloured, and the rim has an outside diameter of around 42mm,
with an inside diameter of 35mm.
Item 28 (photograph 40a) is the rim from a terra-cotta coloured opium pipe
bowl. It appears to have been scored around the circumference before
being broken from the bowl. It has an outside diameter of 17mm, and a
height of 6mm.
Item 554 (photograph 40b) is a fragment from the base and side of an
opium pipe bowl. It is the same colour as item 28, and perhaps comes from
the same bowl. It is engraved with a character, which is as yet unidentified.
8.2.8i Glass
The sides, tops and bases of numerous bottles were recovered at this site.
These have been subjected to limited analysis. Some more significant
items are included in the following discussion. Also discussed are items of
glass other than bottle-glass.
Item 419 is the concave base of a whisky bottle, embossed "WALKER'S
KILMARNOCK WHISKY". It is of green glass. The item does not have any
obvious mould marks, but further analysis of other bottle glass from the