EB Smoking Pipe Heel and Bowl

One fragment of a partial smoking pipe bowl and circular heel made of white ball clay. The heel is marked EB surrounded by a rouletted or beaded circle. The bore hole diameter is 7/64 inches. There are red iron stains covering the bowl. EB pipes were manufactured in Amsterdam by an Englishman from Surrey named Edward Bird (Burt). Documents list Bird as a pipe maker in 1630. After his demise in 1655, Bird's son Evert, continued manufacturing pipes, probably using the EB mark. Pipes with the EB mark in a beaded circle were produced from c. 1650-1664.

• Object number

  286.15

• Date made

  1650 - 1664

• Dimensions

  Bore Diameter 7 inches

• Decoration

  Makers Mark

  Text Mark

• Color

  White

• Animals/objects

  Smoking Pipe

• Category

  Personal

• Class

  Ceramic

• Material

  Ball Clay

• Context

  Lot 10* Front Portion, Landfill Deposit GS2: Greenish Gray Sandy Silt (624.286)

• Forms

  Heel/Bowl

• Techniques

  Molded