Stamped "Trumpet" Smoking Pipe Heel and Bowl

One smoking pipe bowl fragment with a round heel. The base of the heel is stamped with a hanging trumpet or post horn marking. The mark is thought to be Dutch (Gouda) in origin and dates to the 17th century. 

• Object number

  1012.188

• Date made

  1660 - 1685

• Dimensions

  Bore Diameter 5/64 inches

• Decoration

  Stamped

• Color

  White

• Animals/objects

  Smoking Pipe

• Patterns

  Trumpet

• Category

  Personal

• Class

  Ceramic

• Material

  Ball Clay

• Context

  Lot 15, Test Cut S, Wooden Box: Disturbed Soil within Wooden Box (624.1012)

• Forms

  Heel/Bowl

• Techniques

  Molded