Stamped "Alcantara Cross" Smoking Pipe Heel and Bowl Rim

One almost complete smoking pipe bowl rim with a round heel. The edge of the rim is finely rouletted. The interior is slightly grayed from smoking. The base of the heel is stamped with an "Alcantara Cross" beneath the initials "BI". The mark is thought to be Dutch (Gouda) in origin by pipe maker Bastiaan Janse van Owerwesel and in production between 1685 to 1705. 

• Object number

  171.23

• Date made

  1686 - 1705

• Dimensions

  Bore Diameter 6/64 inches

  Rim Diameter 0.75 inches

  Height 1.56 inches

• Decoration

  Stamped

  Rouletted

• Color

  White

• Animals/objects

  Smoking Pipe

• Patterns

  Alcantara Cross

• Category

  Personal

• Class

  Ceramic

• Material

  Ball Clay

• Context

  Lot 12, Test Cut F, Landfill: Gray and Tan Sand with Shell Below Wood Stain #4 and Next to Rocks (624.171)

• Forms

  Heel/Bowl/Rim

• Techniques

  Molded

  Smoking Stains