Meerschaum pipe
Category
Natural History / Animals, Plants & Fossils
Date
Unknown
Materials
Magnesium silicate, Walnut
Measurements
130 mm (Length)29 mm (H)
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Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1335534
Summary
Meerschaum pipe - Pipe with Meerschaum bowl of plain conical shape with walnut mouthpiece. (Meerschaum German trans. Meer - 'sea', and Schaum - 'foam'in reference to its frothiness. Hydrated magnesium silicate, found mainly in Turkey, it resembles clay, and was commonly used for pipe bowls.)
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.