ITP Smoking Pipe Stem and Heel

One clay smoking pipe stem with a maker's mark on the underside of the circular, flat heel. The mark features the initials "ITP" inside of a beaded circle. This pipe was probably made by Jan Thielen Proost in Gouda between 1681-1689. 

• Object number

  695.8

• Dimensions

  Bore Diameter 6/64 inches

• Decoration

  Maker's mark

• Animals/objects

  Smoking Pipe

• Category

  Personal

• Class

  Ceramic

• Functions

  Smoking/Social Drug

• Material

  Ball Clay

• Context

  Lot 8, Test Cut AQ, Lovelace Tavern, Subsoil, Strata VIII (544.695)

• Forms

  Stem/Heel