Meerschaum pipe
Category
Objets de vertu
Date
1801 - 1850
Materials
Sepiolite (meerschaum), metal alloy
Measurements
75 mm (Height); 35 mm (Diameter)
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Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1335528
Summary
A sepiolite (meerschaum) pipe bowl carved in the form of stylised head representing a man of Ottoman (Turkish) origin, bearded, and wearing a turban, with metal alloy mounts, Continental (probably German), 19th century.
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.