Summary
This bowl of a clay tobacco pipe was excavated at Casselden Place in 2003. It has Irish symbols on it, including a Celtic harp.
Cultural diversity in Little Lon.
Little Lon was home to a diverse population. Germans, Jews and Irish arrived in the mid 19th century; Chinese, southern Europeans and Syrians (Lebanese) in the 1880s; and Italians in the 1890s. Immigrants sometimes brought objects with them to remind them of home, or purchased new items that re-affirmed national loyalties. Pipes, vases or plates were decorated with flags, military heroes, an Irish lyre or English roses. The amount of foreign currency excavated also attests to diversity of the immigrants who frequented Little Lon.
Physical Description
A bowl of a clay pipe, it has a celtic harp design and another image which is indistinct moulded on.
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Acquisition Information
Transfer from Heritage Victoria, Industry Superannuation Property Trust, 03 May 2005
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Context Number
1.218
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Site
Australia, Victoria, H7822-1209, Casselden Place, 50 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne
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Object Measurements
32 mm (Width), 43 mm (Height)
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Dimensions
35 mm (Length), 26 mm (Width), 44 mm (Height)
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