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

One fragment of a smoking pipe stem. There are red iron stains and some blackening on its exterior surface. The stem is decorated with one band of rouletting and two cartouches with a four-in-diamond fleur-de-lis motif. The bore hole diameter is 6/64 inches. This piece looks waterworn.

• Object number

  296.78

• Date made

  17th Century

• Dimensions

  Bore Diameter 6 inches

• Decoration

  Rouletted

• Color

  White

• Animals/objects

  Smoking Pipe

• Patterns

  Four-in-Diamond

  Fleur-de-lis

• Category

  Personal

• Class

  Ceramic

• Material

  Ball Clay

• Context

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

• Forms

  Stem

• Techniques

  Molded

  Burned