Clay smoking pipe bowl fragment
Production date
19th Century
Country
Australia
State/Province
Queensland
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Object detail
Description
Fragment of white kaolin clay smoking pipe bowl. Fragment depicts part of a fully rigged three-masted sailing ship.
Classification
ARCHAEOLOGY Historical archaeology
Maker
Production date
19th Century
Production place
Measurements
H15mm x W14mm x D4mm
Media/Materials description
Kaolin clay
Signature/Marks
Part of three masted sailing ship
History and use
37 pipe bowl fragments were recovered from the Tower Mill assemblage but only two have any designs. One is this small fragment of tobacco pipe bowl (>2cm2), depicting a fully rigged three-masted sailing ship. A very similar pipe bowl fragment was recovered from archaeological excavations at the Port Arthur penal settlement (Tasmania) and was attributed to Thomas White and Company which was the primary Edinburgh pipe-making company exporting to Australasia.
Associated person
Registration number
S1647.18.2
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