Black Meerschaum Sultan Face Pipe, Turkish Handmade, Carved Turban and Beard, Amber Color Bakelite Stem, Unsmoked

A black meerschaum Sultan face pipe, Turkish handmade, unsmoked.

The bowl is carved as the head of a bearded man wearing a tall turban, with a full beard and moustache. The turban and the shank are carved with a swirling pattern, and the whole bowl and shank are finished in black.

The stem is amber-color Bakelite, tapered and gently curved, and it ends in a fishtail bit. It joins the shank with a screw tenon, and it takes no filter.

THE MARKS
- No stamp on the pipe

On this pipe the bowl is 56 mm high and 48 mm wide, and the chamber is 20 mm across and 37 mm deep. The whole pipe measures 137 mm and weighs 56 g.

Meerschaum is the mineral sepiolite, best known from the deposits around Eskisehir in Turkey. No date is given for this pipe.

Condition: unsmoked.

THE MEASUREMENTS
- Length: 137 mm (5.39 in)
- Bowl height: 56 mm (2.20 in)
- Bowl width: 48 mm (1.89 in)
- Chamber diameter: 20 mm (0.79 in)
- Chamber depth: 37 mm (1.46 in)
- Weight: 56 g (1.98 oz)

Ships from the Faridunhill archive. Worldwide shipping and professional sanitation on every estate pipe. SKU: 445