Pipe finds from the Maasboulevard in Venlo, the Netherlands

Pijpvondsten van de Maasboulevard te Venlo

By Don Duco

Abstract: This article describes and interpretates a pipe find from large excavations that have taken place along the river Meuse in the centre of Venlo, Limburg, the Netherlands. A large quantity of clay tobacco pipes was found dating between 1620 and 1800, that reflect the habit of smoking over a period of two centuries.

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© D.H. Duco, Pijpenkabinet Foundation, Amsterdam - Holland, 2006.

Illustrations

1. Tobacco pipe with bi-conical bowl, heel and straight stem, basis shape 1, heelmark RA under crown in frame. Holland, Gouda, Rogier Appelbye, 1625-1630.

2. Tobacco pipe with funnel shaped bowl and heel, basis shape 2. Imitation of Jan Danens from Gouda, heelmark windmill. Germany, Westerwald, 1710-1730.

3. Tobacco pipe with funnel shaped bowl and heel. Bowl left side in relief the arms of the province of Sealand and on the right side the Dutch Virgin with freedom hat in the Dutch Garden. Limburg?, 1685-1710.

4. Tobacco pipe with funnel shaped bowl, spur and straight stem. Spur left mould mark half moon. Stem incised decorations finished with a stem ring showing zig zag pattern. The Netherlands, 1700-1720.

5. Tobacco pipe with wide bowl, heel and straight stem. Heelmark GH, side mark imitation arms of Gouda surmounted by a dot. Germany, Westerwald, Grenzhausen ?, 1745-1770.

6. Tobacco pipe with oval shaped bowl between basis shape 3 and 4, heelmark B crowned. Germany, Westerwald, 1750-1770.

7. Tobacco pipe with oval shaped bowl between basis shape 3 and 4, heelmark II. Germany, Westerwald, 1750-1770.

8. Tobacco pipe with funnel shaped bowl and spur, bowl on the stem side stamped mark shoe under crown. Germany, Westerwald, 1740-1770.

9. Tobacco pipe with oval shaped bowl, heel and straight stem. Unpolished and without heelmark. Germany, Westerwald, 1740-1770.

10. Tobacco pipe with high beaker shaped bowl, without heel and straight stem. Bowl represents the head of a soldier, stem ornamental band stamp. Germany, Westerwald, 1760-1780.

11. Tobacco pipe with high beaker shaped bowl, without heel. Bowl represents the head of a soldier. Germany, Westerwald, 1760-1780.

12. Tobacco pipe with beaker shaped bowl, without heel and straight stem. Base of the bowl in relief motive of ribs. Stem decorated with a bandstamp.Germany, Westerwald, 1760-1800.

13. Tobacco pipe with high beaker bowl, without heel and straight stem. Angle stem and bowl a mermaid with on both sides of the stem a curled fish tail, the decoration ends in a diffuse geometrical pattern. Germany, Westerwald, 1770-1810.

14. Tobacco pipe with oval shaped bowl, heel and straight stem, basis shape 3. Heelmark 46 under crown, heel left imitation shield of Gouda. Limburg/Westerwald, 1760-1820.

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.