Hookah tobacco pipe

Made:
1851-1900 in Balkan Peninsula and Iran

Glazed earthenware hookah tobacco pipe base, bell-shaped with long tubular neck, ornately carved wooden bowl stem, base painted with floral patterns and two cameras, Balkans, or Persia, 1851-1900

Details

Category:
Classical & Medieval Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A129956
Materials:
incomplete, earthenware (glazed) and wood
Measurements:
overall: 450 mm
stem: 70 mm,
base: 132 mm,
type:
tobacco pipe
credit:
Knight, Frank and Rutley