Meerschaum tobacco pipe

Made:
1850-1910 in Paris
Meerschaum pipe and cigar holder, bowl in form of Turk's head Meerschaum pipe and cigar holder, bowl in form of Turk's head Meerschaum pipe and cigar holder, bowl in form of Turk's head Meerschaum pipe and cigar holder, bowl in form of Turk's head Meerschaum pipe and cigar holder, bowl in form of Turk's head

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Meerschaum pipe and cigar holder, bowl in form of Turk's head
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London.

Meerschaum pipe and cigar holder, bowl in form of Turk's head
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London.

Meerschaum pipe and cigar holder, bowl in form of Turk's head
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London.

Meerschaum pipe and cigar holder, bowl in form of Turk's head
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London.

Meerschaum pipe and cigar holder, bowl in form of Turk's head
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Meerschaum pipe and cigar holder, bowl in form of Turk's head, enclosed in case, Sommer, Paris, maker or supplier, French, 1850-1910

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.

Details

Category:
Smoking
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A198242
Materials:
sepiolite, mouthpiece, amber, case, leather, velvet, cloth and cigar holder, sepiolite, cork
Measurements:
overall: 115 mm x 280 mm x 63 mm, 30 mm, .215kg
type:
meerschaum tobacco pipe
credit:
Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)

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