Hookah base, Turkey, 18th century

Hookah base in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (museum number C.152-1909), made in Turkey, dated 18th century. The museum's brief description reads: Top of a hookah, red earthenware with incised decoration, red, green and purple covered with a yellow glaze, probably turkish, 18th century.. Museum description: Top of a Hookah, red earthenware, with incised decoration, painted in red, green and manganese purple and covered with a yellow glaze. Incised with a border of chevron ornament above a band of vertical lined, picked out with spots of colour. The museum records it as red earthenware, incised, painted, measuring Height 4.125 in; Diameter 4.25 in. These details come from the museum's own record; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.