Meerschaum tobacco pipe with screw-in amber mouthpiece

Made:
1871-1900
SMG00198465

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Meerschaum tobacco pipe with screw-in amber mouthpiece, bowl in the form of a peasant woman's head with basketwork bonnet, French(?), 1871-1900

Details

Category:
Smoking
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A54835
Materials:
meerschaum and mouthpiece, amber
Measurements:
height 93 mm
bowl: height 83 mm
length 148 mm
bowl: width 46 mm
bowl, aperture: diameter 19 mm
type:
tobacco pipes
credit:
Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)

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