DV 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 with a crowned DV or VD as well as two quality control dots; one on either side of the heel. The bore hole diameter is 6/64 inches. There are red iron stains covering the bowl and the interior surface is heavily blackened. DV pipes were manufactured in Gouda (Netherlands) by a maker named Dirck Volckertsz between 1648-1670.

• Object number

  296.68

• Date made

  1648 - 1670

• Dimensions

  Bore Diameter 6 inches

• Decoration

  Makers Mark

  Text Mark

  Quality Control Dot

• Color

  White

• Animals/objects

  Smoking Pipe

• Category

  Personal

• Class

  Ceramic

• Material

  Ball Clay

• Context

  Lot 10* Front Portion, Possible Landfill: Brown Silty Sand (624.296)

• Forms

  Heel/Bowl

• Techniques

  Molded

  Burned