Stamped Smoking Pipe

One nearly complete smoking pipe made of white ball clay from Lovelace Tavern from what is called the barrel context. It consists of a stem, smooth oval heel, and bowl decorated with a single band of rouletting around the bowl rim. There is an IE makers mark on the body of the bowl, which indicates that it was manufactured in Bristol, England by Isaac Evans ca. 1698-1713. The interior surface of the bowl is blackened. The stem's bore hole diameter 7/64 inches.

• Date made

  ca. 1698 - ca. 1713

• Dimensions

  Bore Diameter 7 inches

• Decoration

  Rouletted

  Makers Mark

  Text Mark

• Color

  White

• Animals/objects

  Smoking Pipe

• Category

  Personal

• Class

  Ceramic

• Material

  Ball Clay

• Context

  Lot 8, Test Cuts AQ2 & AQ3, Lovelace Tavern, Late-17th to Very Early-18th-Century Barrel Feature, Strata XVIII (544.1088)

• Forms

  Stem/Heel/Bowl/Rim

• Techniques

  Molded

  Burned