Meerschaum tobacco pipe bowl with ornate silver mountings

Made:
1820-1850
SMG00198534

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Meerschaum tobacco pipe bowl with ornate silver mountings, French or Bavarian, 1820-1850

Details

Category:
Smoking
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A31246
Materials:
bowl, meerschaum and mountings, silver
Measurements:
overall: length 148 mm
bowl: height 55 mm
bowl, internal: diameter 24 mm
bowl, external: diameter 43 mm
type:
tobacco pipe
credit:
Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)

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