Summary
This bowl from a clay tobacco pipe was excavated from Casselden Place in 2003.
A pipeful of tobacco was long-lasting and its aroma disguised the stench of Melbourne's streets. The short clay pipe favoured by working men was called a 'cutty'. Being made of brittle clay, these pipes broke easily, explaining the abundance of fragments uncovered at Little Lon. Of the pipes excavated, many were decorated with slogans, patriotic symbols, even jokes and caricatures, hinting at the identities of those who smoked them.
Physical Description
The bowl and spur of a clay pipe, with an makers mark.
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Context Number
41D/3/21
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Site
Australia, Victoria, H7822-1209, Casselden Place, 50 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne
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Object Measurements
20 mm (Width), 45 mm (Height)
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