HG Smoking Pipe Heel and Bowl Rim

One small bellied white ball clay smoking pipe bowl with a rouletted rim and a stamped circular heel. The heel is stamped with a crown above the letters "HG". This pipe was likely manufactured by Hendrik Gerdes, a 17th-century Dutch pipe maker. The pipe is very white and appears to have not been smoked. The clay appears dull and unpolished. The rouletted rim has small rectangles rather than dot rouletting. 

• Object number

  103.26

• Date made

  1668 - 1688

• Dimensions

  Height 1.36 inches

  Bore Diameter 6/64 inches

• Decoration

  Stamped

  Rouletted

• Color

  White

• Animals/objects

  Smoking Pipe

• Patterns

  Other

  Lettering

• Category

  Personal

• Class

  Ceramic

• Material

  Ball Clay

• Context

  Lot 12, Test Cut F, Landfill: Brown and Reddish Brown Sand and Silty Sand (624.103)

• Forms

  Heel/Bowl/Rim

• Techniques

  Molded