Carved Meerschaum Figural Pipe

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 hand-carved male figure with Pipe head. Hand carved items. The man is wearing a long-tail suit jacket and patterned trousers. By removing the head portion of the man, ...

Vintage Turkish Meerschaum Figural Hand Carved Bearded Man Pipe Wearing a Fez with Tassel on Walnut and Brown Leather Stand. Circa Mid 20th Century. Measurements: 6" H x 4" W x 1.5"...

A very rare and exquisitely carved meerschaum pipe bowl portraying the head of an American Confederate soldier and mounted with gold dating from around 1860. The head has been finely...

Austrian silver mounted meerschaum carved pipe, circa 1890. Note, missing stem.

Novelty Meerschaum Pipe, Dr. W.G. Grace. Vintage smoking tobacco pipe featuring a meerschaum bowl skilfully carved into a head of a bearded gentleman. The intricate carved bowl has a...

This antique meerschaum smoking pipe bowl is unsigned, but presumed to have been made in Germany or Austria in approximately 1900 in the period Biedermeier style. The body of the pip...

Outstanding, limited edition, hand carved, estate European Turkish meerschaum pipe is in unused, pristine condition and is a rare and very fine smoking collectable for a pipe aficion...

Rare carved hand nude goddess Meerschaum pipe in case. Circa 1890.  

Antique Mephistopheles Devil Meerschaum Pipe. Rare and unusual late 19th Century Meerschaum Pipe with the bowl carved as highly detailed Mephistopheles (the Devil from Faust), with ...