CH Smoking Pipe Bowl Rim

One complete white ball clay smoking pipe bowl with a plain rim. The bowl is large, flattened and perpendicular to the stem axis. The interior is slightly blackened from smoke damage. The center of the bowl, between the rim and stem, is stamped with the initials "CH." The maker may have been Charles Hickes, a pipe manufacturer from Bristol, England, who manufactured pipes between 1700 and 1740.

• Object number

  844.38

• Date made

  1700 - 1740

• Dimensions

  Bore Diameter 4/64 inches

  Height 1.68 inches

  Rim Diameter 1.01 inches

• Decoration

  Stamped

  Maker's mark

• Color

  White

• Animals/objects

  Smoking Pipe

• Category

  Personal

• Class

  Ceramic

• Material

  Ball Clay

• Context

  Lot 13 South, Deposit Inside Wooden Box (624.844)

• Forms

  Bowl/Rim

• Techniques

  Molded