Smoking Pipe Stem and Heel

One partial smoking pipe stem with round heel marked "EB" in beaded cartouche. The bore hole diameter of this pipe is 8/64. EB pipes were manufactured in Amsterdam by an Englishman from Surrey named Edward Bird (Burt). Documents list Bird as a pipe maker in 1630. After his demise in 1655, Bird's son Evert, continued manufacturing pipes, probably using the EB mark. Pipes with the EB mark in a beaded circle were produced from c. 1650-1664.

• Object number

  186.1

• Date made

  1650 - 1664

• Dimensions

  Bore Diameter 8 inches

• Decoration

  Text Mark

  Makers Mark

• Color

  White

• Animals/objects

  Smoking Pipe

• Category

  Personal

• Class

  Ceramic

• Material

  Ball Clay

• Context

  Stadt Huys Block 554 - 186

• Techniques

  Molded