Four-In-Diamond Fleur-de-lis Smoking Pipe Stem

One fragment of a smoking pipe stem made of white ball clay. There is a four-in-diamond fleur-de-lis pattern vertically along the stem, and three lozenges or diamonds are visible. This decoration type consists of four separate fleur-de-lis, each within its own separate lozenge and together composing one large lozenge filled with fleur-de-lis. The bore hole diameter is 6/64 inches.

• Object number

  906.21

• Date made

  17th Century

• Dimensions

  Bore Diameter 6 inches

• Decoration

  Molded Pattern

• Color

  White

• Animals/objects

  Smoking Pipe

• Patterns

  Fleur-de-lis

  Four-in-Diamond

• Category

  Personal

• Class

  Ceramic

• Material

  Ball Clay

• Context

  Lot 10* Front Portion, Deposit GBS: Gray and Black Silt (624.906)

• Forms

  Stem

• Techniques

  Molded