2024-03-29T05:48:29+00:00https://marinefinds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/79/format/qrcodehttps://marinefinds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/79/format/jsonhttps://marinefinds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/79/format/xmlhttps://marinefinds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/79/format/geojsonhttps://marinefinds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/79/format/pdfhttps://marinefinds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/79/format/rdfhttps://marinefinds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/7979MAS-D10007979CLAY PIPE (SMOKING)DRESS AND PERSONAL ACCESSORIESPIPE (SMOKING)1003Kent HER Number: TR 34 SE 108With finder15185/17NINETEENTH CENTURYAll three pipes here are complete and are of the short or 'cutty' form. Two of the pipes measure 100 mm and have bowls in the form of a male head, wearing a thin-brimmed cap, while the third, which measures 120 mm, has a simple impression pattern around the outside of the rim. The male head on two of the pipes has previously been thought to represent a military figure or the head of a French soldier. They fall into a group of more elaborate decorative pipes with bowls moulded in the form of human heads and animals, that were common in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Such decorative pipes would have been commonly exported.
Tobacco was grown in West Africa from the 17th century, where the inhabitants made their own pipes. The manufacture evolved from that of pottery vessels, but they also imported some through the Atlantic trade (Knight 2010, 67), which is likely what these pipes represent.These items were found with five gin bottles (MAS-D100063) and two perfume bottles (MAS-D100080).
All of these items were recovered from the wreck ​Loanda. Built in 1891 at Barrow-in-Furness (Cumbria) by the Naval Construction and Armaments Co., Loanda was a two-masted screw-driven steamer owned by the British and African Steam Navigation Co. On 31 May 1908, following a collision with SS Junona, Loanda foundered while under tow 1 mile east of St Margaret's at Cliffe, Kent. At the time of loss, the vessel was bound from Hamburg, Germany, to West Africa with a general cargo. This cargo, which has seen significant recovery by divers, included: clay pipes; bottles of wine and gin; glass beads; perfume bottles; pencils, writing slates and inkpots; lamps; and teacups, lids, dishes, pots, saucers, plates, jugs and eggcups. NRHE and Kent HER reference numbers cited in this record refer to the wreck of Loanda.
NRHE and Kent HER reference numbers cited in this record refer to the wreck of Loanda.2017-07-15 15:13:432020-03-30 14:10:58312017-07-1228Certain394179574PAS5989C577001EA7PAS5989C577001EA7PAS57BC1E1600176F90183522MASMASCeramic10539CompleteFairNINETEENTH CENTURYMODERNMOp0gjgrsgn96DivingL RV LL R7918210TR3844TR3844TR34SE51.14575261.4013985101ramp.slouched.ambient17863_Pipe2.jpgimages/MASCountyKentSubmitted as wreck to the Receiver of Wreck95639