An exotic pipe from Schermerhorn, Holland

Een exotische pijp uit Schermerhorn

By Don Duco

Abstract: This article describes an excavated tobacco pipe from Schermerhorn, North-Holland from Ottoman origin and dating between 1665 and 1685. The pipe was found back including its original stem made of lead. The object is discussed and compared with a similar tobacco pipe, brought back from Krete as an archaeological souvenir some three hundred years later. Both are pipes for everyday use and they show comparative characteristics.

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© Don Duco, Pijpenkabinet Foundation, Amsterdam - Holland, 2003.

Illustrations

1. Tobacco pipe of greyish backed clay with cilindrical bowl, disk shaped base and round bottom with a pointed tail as starting point for the short stem ending in a stub. Profusely decorated with band stamps and impressed motives. Near-East, 1665-1685.
Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet collections Pk 16.824

2. Tobacco pipe of greyish backed clay with slightly tulipe shaped bowl, round base with at the bottom a pointed tail as starting point for the stem ending in a stub. Bowl and stub decorated with series of band stamps. Near-East, 1650-1800.
Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet collections Pk 15.218

Notes

1. Rebecca Robinson, ‘Clay Tobacco Pipes from the Kerameikos’, Mitteilungen des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts Athenische Abteilung, Berlin, Band 98, 1983, Tafel 52, no 6-9, 11.

2. Ron de Haan, ‘Roken aan de Oostenburgermiddenstraat’, in: Van VOC tot Werkspoor, Het Amsterdamse industrieterrein Oostenburg, Utrecht, 1986, p. 126, foto. Eighteenth century pipe with button heel and short wooden stem.