Fluted and Rouletted Smoking Pipe Stem

One smoking pipe stem made of white ball clay with a bore hole diameter of 5/64 inches. Decorated with fluting and runs of dots. There also is a makers mark present indicating that the pipe was made by Thomas Smith on 54th street in New York City between c. 1850-1870: _H N.Y./54 St.

• Object number

  1151.101

• Date made

  ca. 1850 - ca. 1870

• Dimensions

  Bore Diameter 5 inches

• Decoration

  Makers Mark

  Fluted

  runs of dots

  Text Mark

• Color

  White

• Animals/objects

  Smoking Pipe

• Category

  Personal

• Class

  Ceramic

• Material

  Ball Clay

• Context

  Lot 27* Ceramic Shop Deposit: Disturbed Ceramic Deposit, West Portion (Dark Brown Silty Sand with Rocks) (624.1151)

• Forms

  Stem

• Techniques

  Molded