Museum number:

APM 24.808

Subcollection:

excavated pipes

Title:

tobacco pipe

Keyword:

center of gravity lilies in diamonds

Description:

Tabakspijp van klei met slanke dubbelconische ketel, hiel en rechte steel met glad afgesneden mondstuk. Steel bovenzijde in reliëf zwaartepuntdecoratie van vier lelies in ruiten met aan weerszijden drie lelies in ruiten.

Date:

Period 1645 - 1660


Dimensions:

BowlHeight1.5 in (3.8 cm)
Width0.71 in (1.8 cm)
StemLength10.04 in (25.5 cm)
Weight29 gram
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 nationalSouth Holland
TownGorinchem
Acquisition
Year 2022
Excavation site Arkel, Dorpsweg, stortlaag, 1982

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