Skull tobacco pipe bowl

Made:
1860-1910 in France
maker:
Unknown
Figural briar tobacco pipe bowl carved in form of skull

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Figural briar tobacco pipe bowl carved in form of skull
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Figural briar tobacco pipe bowl carved in form of skull, mouthpiece missing, French, 1860-1910

Details

Category:
Smoking
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A438
Materials:
briar
Measurements:
length 88 mm
height 51 mm
width 30 mm
type:
tobacco pipe
credit:
Manier

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