Lot 809
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A MEERSCHAUM PIPE MODELLED AS A FRENCH ZOUAVE SOLDIER
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A MEERSCHAUM PIPE MODELLED AS A FRENCH ZOUAVE SOLDIER

SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY

Details
A MEERSCHAUM PIPE MODELLED AS A FRENCH ZOUAVE SOLDIER
SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY
TOGETHER WITH TWO MEERSCHAUM PIPE BOWLS MODELLED AS TURKS (3)
Literature
ALFRED DUNHILL, THE PIPE BOOK, PUBLISHED ARTHUR BARKER LIMITED, 1969, FIG. 256, PAGE 189.
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis. This lot is subject to storage and collection charges. **For Furniture and Decorative Objects, storage charges commence 7 days from sale. Please contact department for further details.**

Lot Essay

THIS PIPE BOWL IS INTERESTINGLY MODELLED AS A FRENCH ZOUAVE SOLDIER. ORIGINALLY THEY WERE ALGERIAN AND MOROCCAN MEN FROM THE ZOUAOUA TRIBE WHO OFFERED THEIR SERVICES TO THE FRENCH COLONISTS BUT OVER A PERIOD OF TIME, MORE FRENCHMEN JOINED THEIR RANKS AND BY 1852 ITS WAS DECREED THE THREE REGIMENTS SHOULD BE SOLEY COMPOSED OF FRENCH NATIVES. ZOUAVES WERE SEEN AS COLOURFUL AND EXOTIC FIGHTERS BY CONTEMPORIES.

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