EB Smoking Pipe Stem and Heel

One fragment of a smoking pipe stem with a broken square heel made of white ball clay. There is an EB maker's mark on the heel surrounded by a beaded circle. The bore diameter of the stem is 7/64 inches. 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

  925.31

• 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 (624.925)

• Forms

  Stem/Heel

• Techniques

  Molded