Curved wood tobacco pipe bowl with cherrywood stem amber mouthpiece oval hinged brass bowl cover and mount

Curved wood tobacco pipe bowl with cherrywood stem amber mouthpiece oval hinged brass bowl cover and mount, forest scene curved on bowl, reputedly Swiss but possibly German or Austrian, 1851-1900

Details

Category:
Smoking
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A653003
Materials:
wood, tin, lining, stem, cherry, mouthpiece, amber, bowl cover, brass and mounts, brass
Measurements:
height 310 mm
bowl: height 117 mm
length 160 mm
bowl: diameter 30 mm
type:
tobacco pipes