White porcelain tobacco pipe

Made:
1771-1830

White porcelain tobacco pipe, cylindrical with globular reservoir and tubular stem socket, handpainted figure of man carrying stuff on bowl, long slender tubular stem, wooden, coied with fine wire amber mouthpiece, probably not original stem, Swiss or Austrian, 1771-1830

Details

Category:
Smoking
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A50342
Materials:
porcelain (glazed), stem, wood, stem, copper, wire and mouthpiece, amber
type:
tobacco pipes
credit:
Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)