Summary
This tobacco pipe bowl and stem was excavated at the Commonwealth Block site between 1988 and 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
This is a tobacco pipe bowl with spur and some of the stem. The bowl is scalloped.
Physical Description
Description for Parent record: 7 tobacco pipe bowls, 1 missing. 2 x plain bowls, 2 x scalloped bowls, 1 x impressed mark reads 'T.D', 1 x face impressed design, 1 x mark with 'T.W' impressed.
More Information
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Collection Names
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Collecting Areas
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Acquisition Information
Transfer from Heritage Victoria, Industry Superannuation Property Trust, 03 May 2005
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Context Number
19/49
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Site
[CCS] Australia, Victoria, Commonwealth Block, Melbourne
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Distinguishing Marks
See: Description
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Activity
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Specific Activity
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Decoration
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Moulding
Petals
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Form
Tapered; Straight Body; Spur (Base)
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Shape
Round
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Technique
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Classification
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Category
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Discipline
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Type of item
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Exhibition Collection Management
60 mm (Length), 20 mm (Width), 40 mm (Height)
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Object Dimensions
65 mm (Length), 20 mm (Width), 40 mm (Height)
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