Meerschaum cigarette holder in the form of a female figure

Made:: 1850-1900

Meerschaum cigarette holder in the form of a female figure
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Meerschaum cigarette holder in the form of a female figure, most of stem missing and tag bowl broke, probably made in France, 1850-1900

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Category:: Smoking

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A30788

Materials:: meerschaum

Measurements:: height 87 mm
length 43 mm
width 25 mm

type:: holders

credit:: Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)

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Meerschaum cigarette holder in the form of a female figure

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