Baglan Carved Meerschaum Tobacco Pipe with Eagle Headdress Motif
Record status
Individual type · partial
This collectible tobacco pipe is expertly carved from meerschaum, featuring an intricate sculptural design. The pipe's bowl is fashioned into the form of a man's face, showcasing detailed facial expressions with defined eyes, a slightly smiling mouth, and textured facial hair.
The figure is depicted wearing a large, elaborate eagle-head headdress, which is distinguished by detailed, layered feathers and a prominent, hooked beak. The pipe is fitted with a dark, reddish-brown acrylic stem that features a turned, decorative profile. The meerschaum shank is incised with the maker's mark 'Baglan', identifying the artist. The item comes presented in a clamshell-style case covered in black velvet and lined with bright blue, satin-like material.
The pipe measures approximately 2.5 inches in height, 9.5 inches in width, and 5.5 inches in depth. It shows evidence of past usage, specifically carbonized residue and charring inside the bowl and along the rim, though the meerschaum and stem remain free of chips or cracks.
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- meerschaum, acrylic, velvet, satin
- Dimensions
- 2 1/2" H x 9 1/2" W x 5 1/2" D
Technical characteristics
- Marks
- Baglan (incised on shank)
Design
- Motif
- man's face with eagle-head headdress
Identification
- Source note
- Described from a single auction-house listing published on Invaluable (reproduced with Invaluable's permission). Details apply to that one example; other examples of the type may differ, and the listing is supplementary evidence, not authentication.
- Maker named in listing
- Baglan
Catalogue references
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