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Meerschaum pipe and cigar holder, bowl in form of Turk's head, Sommer, Paris, maker or supplier, French, 1850-1910
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The bowl of this tobacco pipe is carved from a material called meerschaum – a white coloured clay like mineral. Easy to carve, meerschaum bowls can be ornately decorated with faces or human figures. This particular example is decorated with the face of a bearded man.
Shredded tobacco would have been placed in the bowl of the pipe, lit and the smoke inhaled through the amber mouthpiece.
- Measurements:
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overall: 115 mm x 280 mm x 63 mm, 30 mm, .215kg
- Materials:
- sepiolite , mouthpiece, amber , case, leather, velvet, cloth and cigar holder, sepiolite, cork
- Object Number:
- A198242/1
- type:
- meerschaum tobacco pipe
