IW Smoking Pipe Heel and Bowl

One fragment of a partial smoking pipe bowl and oval heel with an IW makers mark. The bowl looks late 17th or very early 18th-century in shape, and may have Dutch or English origins. Made of white ball clay. The bore hole is 6/64 inches. The maker's mark was not able to be captured in a photograph.

• Object number

  906.25

• Date made

  Late 17th or very early 18th century

• Dimensions

  Bore Diameter 6 inches

• Decoration

  Makers Mark

  Text Mark

• Color

  White

• Animals/objects

  Smoking Pipe

• Category

  Personal

• Class

  Ceramic

• Material

  Ball Clay

• Context

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

• Forms

  Heel/Bowl

• Techniques

  Molded