Museum number:

APM 3.225

Subcollection:

excavated pipes

Title:

tobacco pipe

Keyword:

center of gravity diamond with lilies

Description:

Tabakspijp van klei met dubbelconische ketel, hiel en rechte steel. Filtradering. Onversierd. Steel zwaartepunt vier lelies.

Date:

Period 1645 - 1655


Dimensions:

BowlHeight1.46 in (3.7 cm)
Width0.83 in (2.1 cm)
StemLength6.5 in (16.5 cm)
Characteristics
Pipe type stem pipe
Pipe shape bi conical
Materialpipe clay (ceramic)
Techniquepress moulded
Colourwhite
Traces of use gerookt
Production
ContinentEurope
Region internationalWestern Europe
CountryThe Netherlands
Region nationalNorth Holland
TownAmsterdam
MakerEdward Bird
Mark EB + stip en tweemaal drie blaadjes (stempel, hiel)
Acquisition
Year 1973
Excavation site Amsterdam, Kattenburg, stortlaag, 1973
Comments
Ketelinhoud 2,1 ml.
Uitkomst Friederich formule 37.21.13=10.101 1655 C2FF
Literature
Don Duco, De Amsterdamse pijpenmaker Eduard Bird, een levensschets. Amsterdam, 2002. afb 2. Dit exemplaar.

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