Meerschaum pipe?

[dread]

hey all Happy new year
today went for a walk with the family on the beach here in Hobart Tasmania
Hobart has a long history with convicts and wale ships and being a trading port, last night (new years eve) was a full moon and a king tide
so i found the pipe on the high water line i am not sure when this pipe was made i can tell you it still smells faintly of smoke,the rim has a faint red tint to it along with one side of the bowl the hole in the stem is 1.5mm

 

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[Tnmountains]

First welcome to Treasure Net..
Very cool find. It looks like a colonial style pipe. Lets see what the experts say. Congratulations on your find.
HH
TnMountains

 

[kuger]

Cool!I love finding those "Penny Pipes",they usually show up in my 1850-1860 sites but can be earlier or later too I guess.

 

[dread]

after looking at the pipe with a magnifying glass i can say its very smooth it all so has tool marks both the stem and bowl considering the history of Hobart its quite possible it came over on a waling ship say from the states or Europe how long could a clay pipe survive in salt water?the stem is discolored to a black or charcoal, if someone had carved a wooden mouth piece to fit over the clay stem i guess that would make sence

but then again i am no expert

 

[tinpan]

after looking at the pipe with a magnifying glass i can say its very smooth it all so has tool marks both the stem and bowl considering the history of Hobart its quite possible it came over on a waling ship say from the states or Europe how long could a clay pipe survive in salt water?the stem is discolored to a black or charcoal, if someone had carved a wooden mouth piece to fit over the clay stem i guess that would make sence

but then again i am no expert

Hi Dread. Clay pipes of this nature where made in 2 sizes the small refered a Caddy Pipe the larger one which was about 300 mm long was called a Salon Pipe. used in Australia from 1850 till 1900 . All are from the UK.American pipe sign of this era was quite different the bowl and stem were seperate parts that inter locked.

heres a pic of a caddy and salon pipe

tinpan

 

[ivan salis]

the british made lots of clay pipes * --ones like the one you have were common for everyday type use -- they were basically throw away type pipes -- that came along with a with a batch of tobbaco.

 

[tinpan]

hi dread , Heres a price list from a general store in Calfornia Gully Victoria in 1854.Notice the price of tabacco was 15 cents and pipes were 1 cent. This list was coverted to metric currency to make it easy too understand by todays standards. Seems both were sold seperate or you got a free pipe with your tobacco.


tinpan

 

[tymcmurray]

Nice pipe bowl!

Ty

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[dread]

thanks to everyone who gave me the good info on my beach find
so far the new year is looking up

 

[extractor]

sweet pipe

 

[Aquila]

Very nice pipe . Clay pipes are found occasionally even here. Some of them have maker marks. Some my pipes found 2008-2009 from different fields.