Smoking Pipe Stem and Heel

One fragment of a smoking pipe stem with a circular heel made of white ball clay. There is a WS maker's mark stamped onto the base of the heel, suggesting that this pipe was manufactured Walter Smith in Amsterdam ca. 1650. The bore hole diameter is 7/64 inches.

Maker's mark illustration by Alaina Wibberly.

• Object number

  1750.1

• Date made

  ca. 1650

• Dimensions

  Bore Diameter 7 inches

• Decoration

  Makers Mark

  Text Mark

  Lead Glaze

• Color

  White

  Yellow

• Animals/objects

  Smoking Pipe

• Category

  Personal

• Class

  Ceramic

• Material

  Ball Clay

• Forms

  Stem/Heel

• Techniques

  Molded