Summary

White ceramic tobacco pipe made by Thomas White & Co., Edinburgh, 1823-1876.
Excavated at the 'Little Lon' archaeology dig.

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

Ceramic tobacco pipe bowl and stem with "FRANK".

Physical Description

Tobacco pipe bowls and stems BOWLS 1 x large pipe with "FRANK" facing stem 1 x med. pipe with oak leaf spur & decoration 1 x small pipe with "WHITE & O EDIN' facing stem 1 x large pipe with long stem & incised circle facing s em and circles & stripes on stem. 1 x plain bowl with unadorned spur. All Thomas White & Co., Edinburgh, made pipes between 1823 - 1876.

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