EB Smoking Pipe Stem, Heel, and Bowl Rim

One nearly complete smoking bowl and attached stem of a pipe with an EB maker's mark on its heel. The pipe has a belly shaped bowl with a rouletted rim and is made of white ball clay. The circular heel is marked EB surrounded by a beaded circle. The bore diameter of the stem is 8/64 inches. There are red iron stains on the exterior surface. 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

  302.23

• Date made

  1650 - 1664

• Dimensions

  Bore Diameter 8 inches

• Decoration

  Rouletted

  Makers Mark

  Text Mark

• Color

  White

• Animals/objects

  Smoking Pipe

• Category

  Personal

• Class

  Ceramic

• Material

  Ball Clay

• Context

  Lot 10* Front Portion, Possible River Bottom Deposit: Brown-Orange, Gray and Tan Coarse and Fine Sands (624.302)

• Forms

  Stem/Heel/Bowl/Rim

• Techniques

  Molded