Meerschaum tobacco pipe in the form of a porcelain pipe

Made:: 1863

SMG00198496
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Meerschaum tobacco pipe in the form of a porcelain pipe with elliptical reservoir with horn and flexible hose stem (part missing), Austrian, 1863-1864

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Category:: Smoking

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A653332

Materials:: meerschaum, bowl cover, silver, mounts, cloth, stem, horn, wire, cloth and mouthpiece, horn

Measurements:: bowl and reservoir: height 135 mm
stem: height 130 mm
approx.: length 80 mm
bowl: diameter 33 mm

type:: tobacco pipes

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Meerschaum tobacco pipe in the form of a porcelain pipe

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