Tudor Rose Smoking Pipe Stem, Heel, and Bowl Rim

One white ball clay smoking pipe stem, heel, and bowl rim with a rouletted rim and bore hole diameter of 8/64 inches. The interior surface of the bowl is blackened from use. There is a stamped Tudor Rose maker's mark on the base of the heel, which was likely used by an English pipe manufacturer living in the Netherlands during the 17th Century.

Maker's mark illustration by Alaina Wibberly.

• Object number

  1796.51

• Date made

  17th Century

• Dimensions

  Bore Diameter 8 inches

• Decoration

  Rouletted

  Makers Mark

• Color

  White

• Animals/objects

  Smoking Pipe

• Patterns

  Botanical

• Category

  Personal

• Class

  Ceramic

• Material

  Ball Clay

• Context

  Stadt Huys Block 554 - 1796

• Forms

  Stem/Heel/Bowl/Rim

• Techniques

  Molded

  Burned