Meerschaum Tobacco Pipe with Case

Made:: 1870-1910 in France

Meerschaum tobacco pipe, bowl in form of human skull

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Meerschaum tobacco pipe, bowl in form of human skull
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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) with moulded leather case, probably French, possibly English or Austrian, 1870-1910

Details

Category:: Smoking

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A653301

Materials:: bowl, meerschaum, stem, ebony and mouthpiece, amber

Measurements:: overall:

type:: tobacco pipe

credit:: Loan, Wellcome Trust

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Meerschaum Tobacco Pipe with Bowl in form of Human Skull

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

Measurements:: overall: 81 mm x 44 mm x 170 mm, .08 kg

Materials:: Meerschaum and amber (fossil resin)

Object Number:: A653301/1

type:: tobacco pipe

Case for Meerschaum Tobacco Pipe

Moulded leather case for meerschaum tobacco pipe shaped in the form of human skull held by a hand, probably French, possibly English or Austrian, 1870-1910