Meerschaum tobacco pipe with amber stem

Made:
1890-1910

Meerschaum tobacco pipe with amber stem, mouthpiece egg-shaped bowl with flat top, screw-in well, in hinged leather case, English(?), 1890-1910

Details

Category:
Smoking
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A204908
Materials:
meerschaum, bowl well, wood, bowl well, meerschaum, mouthpiece & stem, amber, case, leather, case, wood and case, velvet, lining
Measurements:
height 82 mm
bowl: height 60 mm
length 127 mm
bowl: diameter 42 mm
case: height 73 mm
case: length 155 mm
case: width 57 mm
type:
tobacco pipes

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