Vintage Meerschaum Pipe, Bearded Man Grape Leaves Crown, Bacchus store Meershaum Pipe

Vintage Meerschaum Pipe, Bearded Man Grape Leaves Crown, Bacchus Meershaum Pipe

Carved Turkish meerschaum products were traditionally made in manufacturing centers such as Vienna. Since the 1970s, though, Turkey has banned the exportation of meerschaum nodules, trying to set up a local meerschaum industry. The once famous manufacturers have therefore store disappeared and European pipe producers turned to others sources for their pipes.

VERY GOOD VINTAGE CONDITION
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