"Briar Pipe Bowl Representingvoltaire"
Briar pipe bowl carved with the head of VOLTAIRE (1694-1778) after Jean Antoine HOUDON.Dimensions: length of 8 cm x height of 7 cm.
Note:
- the theme of Voltaire is rare in the tobacco world because it is rarely reproduced.
- this pipe bowl was exhibited at the Pipe and Diamond Museum in Saint-Claude during “The Exceptional Exhibition” from June to September 2013.
- it is illustrated in the exhibition catalog.
Made in Saint Claude at the end of the 19th century.
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