Jerry, Do you have a photo?  Also, I would refrain from calling them
"kaolin" since ball clay or pipe clay was the term used in the trade.

Smoke


On 6/3/08, Jerry Schaefer <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> Dear Colleagues,
>
> We recently found a very unusual kaolin tobacco pipe fragment in the
> courtyard area of the Casa de Bandini/Cosmopolitan Hotel in Old Town State
> Park, San Diego. The building has a Mexican Occupational Phase (1829-1869)
> when it was a private residence and an American Phase (!869-1900) when it
> was a stagecoach terminus with restaurant, hotel and office. The pipe bowl
> depicts a goat in a suit.  The stem extended from the mouth of a human face
> at the base of the bowl. Suggestions are that it represents a political
> satire or representation from a fictional story of metamorphosis. . Has
> anyone seen one like it or can identify the maker or imagery?  Photos
> available upon request.
>
>
> Jerry Schaefer
>
> ASM Affiliates, Inc.
> 2034 Corte Del Nogal
> Carlsbad, CA 92011
> Phone: (760) 804-5757
> Fax: (760) 804-5755
>



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