Smoking
1870-1910
Meerschaum tobacco pipe, bowl in form of human skull, supported by outstretched hand with cuff, forearm as part of the stem, amber mouthpiece (clouded, curved) probably French, possibly English or Austrian, 1870-1910
1840-1910
Clay tobacco pipe, tip of mouthpiece missing, bowl in form of skull, glass eye, one missing, nose bone, teeth touched up in white, short carved wood stem, by Gambier of Paris, French 1840-1910
1880-1920
Heavy fetish pipe, steel bound, steel stem, wooden female head in middle decorated with rings, Baluba tribe, Northern Congo, 1880-1920
1790-1830
Tobacco pipe, meerschaum with ivory silver mounted stem, 1790-1830, Bavarian
Wood pipe, long carved curvilinear stem, bowl in form of flared urn or drum, flat base, stem inserted completely through base of bowl, (side), Bushongo, south-central Congo, 1880-1920
1851-1930
Tobacco pipe, bamboo section, closed by septa at both ends, one of which has been pierced for a mouthpiece, similar lateral hole near closed end for bowl attachment, poker work decoration comprising Maltese crosses, zig zag lines, triangles and many lines, New Guinea, 1850-1930
Wood pipe with carved fetish head bowl and long curved stem, by Bali, Cameroon, West Africa, 1880-1920
1840-1890
Meerschaum tobacco pipe, in the form of a Turk's head, probably made in Australia, 1840-1890
1640-1670
Clay tobacco pipe, incomplete, part of stem missing, thick stem, large prominent flat circular heel, small bulbous barrel-shaped bowl hatched milling, unsigned, London, England, 1640-1670.
1820-1860
Tobacco pipe with painted porcelain bowl, German, 1820-1860
1880-1925
Wood and aluminium tobacco pipe, bamboo cane stem, probably Eastern Europe, 1880-1925
1850-1900
Tobacco pipe, calumet, bowl only, red catlinite stone, medium elbow type, plain, faceted, well smoked, probably Sioux, Plains Indians, North American, 1850-1900
1880-1900
Wooden tobacco pipe called an "Ainu" pipe, ivory mouthpiece and end separated by natural wood, made in North Japan, 1880-1900
1850-1910
Wood tobacco pipe, bowl only, clay lined, with brass lid, ebony reservoir, carving depicting elk or chamois in front of tree, Swiss 1850-1910
Asian Medicine
1840-1920
Hookah, base and bowl only, porcelain with hand painted miniature scenes and enamelling, separate white metal bowl with shaft, Indian(?), 1840-1920
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
1850-1870
Stone tobacco pipe, bowl only with carved illustration of moose on front, shallow line carvings of geometric designs on bowl, Micmac, Nova Scotia, Canada, 1850-1870
1620
Clay tobacco pipe, incomplete, part of stem missing, spur knocked off, missing, thick stem, stub of spur, small squat pronounced forward leaning bowl, line of thin narrow hatched milling, London, 1620
1740-1790
Clay tobacco pipe, incomplete, part of stem missing, narrow upward arched stem, cylindrical flat-bottomed spur or debased heel, tall cylindrical thin-walled bowl, London, 1740-1790
1580-1590
Clay tobacco pipe, maker unknown, made in London, 1580-1590
1660-1690
Clay tobacco pipe, incomplete, part of stem missing, stem warped to left, moderately thick, oval shaped prominent belt at base of pronounced forward leaning bowl, flaring towards rim, probably London, 1660-1690
1890-1920
Wooden tobacco pipe with lid, wooden reservoir, cherrywood and antler stem, horn mouthpiece, carved deer scene on back of bowl, carved chamois on base of reservoir, Innsbruck, Tyrol, Austria, 1890-1920
Pewter tobacco pipe, novelty piece, double loop or coiled stem, modelled on clay pipe of mid 19th century, English, 1840-1890
Long-stemmed wooden tobacco pipe, bowl tulip-shaped, plastic vulcanite mouthpiece, Bosnia, Yugoslavia, 1880-1925
Japanese tobacco pipe in elaborately carved wooden case, with enormous tonkotsu ( resembling giant netsuke) attached, Japanese, 1850-1910
1831-1900
Paktong tobacco pipe with intervening enamelled section along stem, tiny cup-shaped bowl, flat stem with tut-shaped mouthpiece, inlaid metal decoration on enamel, Japanese, 1831-1900
1840-1860
Plain meerschaum pipe bowl, 19th century, French or English
Local History
Clay pipe.
Large meerschaum bowl in form of a Turks head with gilt metal cover, possibly Turkish, 1840-1890
Black clay tobacco pipe, bowl only with stub stem, mould lines very clear, decorated with leaf branch and crude line of milling, Turkey or Morocco, 1880-1925
1800-1910
Tobacco pipe contained in case with attachment for pick linked to tonkotsu with five compartments for smoking materials, all carved in stag's horn, Japanese, 1800-1910
Clay stub-stemmed tobacco pipe, bowl only, in form of bearded Turk's head, with calcified surface, probably French, 1880-1900
Classical & Medieval Medicine
1880-1922
Pottery tobacco pipe, bowl and part of stem only, gilded metal sheath over circular bowl, detachable lid with pick or scraper attached, Turkish or North African, 1880-1922
1845-1900
Clay tobacco pipe, stub-stem variety, incomplete, stem missing, modelled as skull, with stem socket coming off from neck at an acute angle, impressed mark of Louis Fiolet, St. Omer, Pas-de-Calais, French, 1845-1900
1890-1930
Pottery pipe in form of flintlock pistol, Uganda, Africa, 1890-1930
Silver and agate tobacco pipe, funnel-shaped bowl, carved agate stem and mouthpiece, Chinese, or Assamese, 1850-1900
1760-1837
Silver tobacco pipe with threaded stem in 4 pieces, enclosed in rectangular leather box, bowl has hallmark, probably assayed in Birmingham with King's head, English, 1760-1837
1810-1840
Tobacco pipe, large meerschaum bowl carved as head and bust of young woman, possibly Empress Josephine, horn and flexible tube stem, French or Austrian, 1810-1840
1870-1920
Wood and metal tobacco pipe with applied metal shapes on bowl including a cow, white metal reservoir, wooden stem, metal mounts, horn mouthpiece, by Angem, Swiss, 1870-1920
Wood pipe, long carved curvilinear stem, bowl in form of human head and neck on flat base, stem inserted completely through neck, Bushongo, south-central Congo, 1880-1920
1801-1900
Carved wooden tobacco pipe bowl, in form of bearded male head, African(?), 19th century
1870-1900
Tobacco pipe, calumet, bowl only, red catlinite stone, large elbow type, plain, polished smoked, probably Sioux, probably trade pipe, Plains Indians, North American, 1870-1900
1880-1910
Tobacco pipe, calumet, bowl only, red catlinite stone, small elbow type, plain, smoked, probably Sioux, late tourist, trade piece, North American, 1880-1910
Bamboo tobacco pipe, with attached wooden bowl, unsigned, Borneo
1850-1920
Carved wood pipe, bowl only, illustration of elk head out of top of tree on back of bowl, clay lined, with brass lid and mounts, Swiss, Tyrol, 1850-1920
1825-1875
Tobacco pipe, boxwood with meerschaum bowl, French (?), 1825-1975
Cherrywood(?) tobacco pipe stem, roughly tubular, knobbly appearance, tapered at one end for insertion into pipe bowl, European, 19th century
1851-1900
Horn tobacco pipe reservoir initialled I.E., Y-shaped variety with two arms for bowl and stem, curving to base, broken at end, European, 1851-1900
Plain meerschaum pipe bowl, stub-stemmed variety, Bavarian, 1790-1830
Cherrywood tobacco pipe stem with alloy mounts and a carved horn reservoir at the base, German or Austrian, 1850-1910
Wood and aluminium tobacco pipe, box in form of semi-circular disc, surmounted by three castle turrets topped by flags, German, 1850-1910
