Item 3: Tobacco pipe used by Roderic Quinn, ca. 1918
Item 3: Tobacco pipe used by Roderic Quinn, ca. 1918
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Date
ca. 1918
Call Numbers
R 63/3
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Objects - L 12.9 x Max Diam. 1.2 cm. (stem) - H 5 cm x Max Diam. 3.3 cm (bowl) - 1 tobacco pipe, in two pieces. The wooden cylindrical shaped bowl is roughly carved with a curved base, large hole at top for inserting tobacca, and hole at one side for inserting stem. The stem is made from carved wood...
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Full title
Item 3: Tobacco pipe used by Roderic Quinn, ca. 1918
Notes
General note
The bowl of this tobacco pipe is similar to a pipe that appears in a photograph of Roderic Quinn taken by the May Moore Studio in Sydney, SSV/66.
Contextual Information
Source
Presented by Mrs Lucy Cassidy, Oct. 1950
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Administrative / Biographical history
Roderic Quinn (1869-1949) was born in Sydney of Irish parents. He became a freelance journalist and writer, producing poetry, short stories and novels.
Reference:
Roderic Quinn - letter from E.J. Brady, 1942 (MLMSS 6042)
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Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
R 63/3
Record Identifier
9yM6N8z9
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9yM6N8z9
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Reference code
431272
