19th Century Bull Meerschaum Pipehead with its Box

Fantastic bronze pipe from the Vienna tobacco museum’s collection, from Belgian Congo.

Lovely piggy bank with inscription aiming to collect money for the society for children’s footwear. This union was established in 1889 and was still active in mid-1930s.

Wonderful carved German or Austrian snuff box hunting motive and silver mounting. Carved to fit "hand in glove." Provenance: Exhibited at the Dome M...

Very funny money bank in the shape of a dandy gentleman's head.

Meerschaum pipe with amber stem - Sculpture in meerschaum, very beautiful fine sculpture - Pipe in very good condition In it's original case Length of the pipe measured in a straight...

This 19th-century French Meerschaum pipe, marked with the maker's trade label "Peristyle Montpensier," is a fine example of craftsmanship from the period. The pipe, though well used,...

Carved Turkish Figural Meerschaum Pipe with Moorish Turkish Bearded head. Meerschaum pipe is a smoking pipe made from the mineral sepiolite, also known as meerschaum. Meerschaum , German for "sea foam" is sometimes found floating on the Black Sea and is rather suggestive of sea foam (hence the German origin of the name, as well as the French name for the same substance, écume de mer). Meerschaum, also known as curlstone, is a unique mineral mined in the Anatolian province of Eskisehir. Local artisans hand carve the stone into collectibles, most notably tobacco pipes...

Meerschaum pipe bowl with silver mountings by Klinkosch Austro-Hungarian, Late 19th Century Height 19cm, width 21cm, depth 9cm Emerging from the annals of late 19th-century Austro-H...