Turkish Estates: Unknown Meerschaum Bearded Man (with Case) (Unsmoked) Tobacco Pipe

This figural design from an unknown maker depicts a man with a full, luscious beard, a flowing nightcap, and a miniature pipe clenched between his teeth. All of the bed-ready man's features are finely articulated, from the strands of his beard to the solemn look in his eyes, a testament to the intricate, carved details that can be rendered in meerschaum. With time and use, the stummel will accrue the warm tans, browns, and golds of patina and come to more fully harmonize with the tapered, amber-hued stem that arcs out back. Presented unsmoked.