"WE" Smoking Pipe bowl

A clay smoking pipe with heel, stem, and mostly intact bowl. The rim is rouletted. A stamped "WE" maker's mark in a beaded cartouche and floral decoration is visible on the back of the bowl. The heel is large, flat, and ovular. The pipe dates to between 1660 -1700.

• Object number

  882.48

• Dimensions

  Bore Diameter 8/64 inches

• Decoration

  Maker's mark

• Animals/objects

  Smoking Pipe

• Category

  Personal

• Class

  Ceramic

• Material

  Ball Clay

• Context

  Lot 8, Test Cut AQ2, Lovelace Tavern, Subsoil, Strata VII (544.882)

• Forms

  Stem/Heel/Bowl/Rim