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<p>[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 347549, member: 5833"]My best guess (which is probably not very good) is that it was made by a Turkish pipe bowl maker using a popular bowl design but always meant to be decorative. Hey, with so many people giving up smoking, a guy has to make a living, although suspect most of the pipes go to collections these days. Some of the carvings are fantastic. Would make sense for them to make things that were ornamental. But wonder is this wasn't coated with something that got sticky in the water, meant to make the color look like old meerschaum.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 347549, member: 5833"]My best guess (which is probably not very good) is that it was made by a Turkish pipe bowl maker using a popular bowl design but always meant to be decorative. Hey, with so many people giving up smoking, a guy has to make a living, although suspect most of the pipes go to collections these days. Some of the carvings are fantastic. Would make sense for them to make things that were ornamental. But wonder is this wasn't coated with something that got sticky in the water, meant to make the color look like old meerschaum.[/QUOTE]
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