Rouletted "Bristol Diamond" Smoking Pipe Stem

One white ball clay pipe stem with at least three bands of rouletted Bristol diamonds, some without the central circle within the diamond. An additional band of repeating pointed crosses, similar to a clover or fleur de lis motif, also encircles the stem, with a visible impressed/stamped maker's mark which either reads WE or perhaps WEI. Below the Bristol diamond rouletting, there is an additional band of diagonal rouletting. The stamped makers mark is most likely the mark of pipe maker William Evans I or William Evans II (1660-1700), a pipe manufacturer in Bristol, England.

• Object number

  199.4

• Date made

  1660 - 1700

• Dimensions

  Bore Diameter 7/64 inches

  Thickness 0.43 inches

  Length 2.64 inches

• Decoration

  Rouletted

  Stamped

• Color

  White

• Animals/objects

  Smoking Pipe

• Patterns

  Other (see comments)

  Lettering

  Bristol Diamonds

• Category

  Personal

• Class

  Ceramic

• Material

  Ball Clay

• Context

  Lot 13 South, Sub-Landfill: River Bottom Silt Deposit (624.199)

• Forms

  Stem

• Techniques

  Molded