Clay tobacco pipes from 't Slot in Gameren, Holland

Pijpen uit een stortlaag van 't Slot te Gameren

By Don Duco

Abstract: This article describes and interpretates a pipe find from the castle in Gameren, the Netherlands. A quantity of clay tobacco pipes was found dating between 1730 and 1800, that reflect the habit of smoking over a period of seventy years on a Dutch estate.

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© D.H. Duco, Pijpenkabinet Foundation, Amsterdam - Holland, 2007.

Illustrations

1. The pipe find from the castle 't Slot at Gameren, Zaltbommel, the Netherlands.

2. Oval pipe bowl, basis shape 3 marked on the heel with crowned 53, side mark arms of Gouda with letter S. Holland, Gouda, Pieter van der Want Dzn. (active 1749-1774), date 1755-1770.

3. So-called farmers pipe showing on the bowl in relief a crowned fish above waves, initials HDH. Holland, Schoonhoven, Huibert de Hoog (active <1773-1793>), date 1775-1790.

4. Another farmers pipe with on the bowl side in relief a crowned fish above waves, initials HVDO and IVW. Holland, Gorinchem, Jan van Wouw (active <1775-1790>), date 1775-1790.

5. Fine quality pipe on the base of the bowl showing a geometrical pattern of knobs and lines. Germany, Westerwald, date 1760-1800.

Notes

1. D.H. Duco, The Clay Tobacco Pipe in Seventeenth Century Netherlands, Oxford, 1981, p. 215.

2. Don Duco, De kleipijpen van Huis te Vleuten, Amersfoort, 2005.