FIVE TOPHANE PIPES WITH HARDSTONE MOUTHPIECES
FIVE TOPHANE PIPES WITH HARDSTONE MOUTHPIECES

OTTOMAN TURKEY, LATE 19TH CENTURY

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FIVE TOPHANE PIPES WITH HARDSTONE MOUTHPIECES
OTTOMAN TURKEY, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Each with tapering shank, flat foot and flaring bowl decorated with applied gilt-copper bands, incised with simplified palmettes and foliate motifs, the stem with applied copper plates engraved with foliate scrollworks highlighted in green, blue and red, with hardstone mouthpieces
The longest 11 ¾in. (30cm.) long

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