This listing is for a black oriental style marked Partsch pipe. Depicting a bearded Turkish men wearing turban on his head. Most of these pottery pipes are plain, no decor or any artwork. Offered piece is very rare to have such a detailed artwork and reserved in excellent condition!

Mark: C-HIRSCHNER VOR J SCHMIDT SCHEMNITZ

Other side has a pressed crest mark.

Dimensions: 9 x 8 x 5 cms

The Schemnitz pipe was not only a style, it was also a certain material.The vast majority were finished in subdued solid colors of carmine, terracotta, brown, and black. These early, paneled bowls were mass-produced in the town of Banská Štiavnica, Slovakia, Selmecbánya (Hungarian), Schemnitz (German), or Chemnitz (English), once the largest and most famous mining center of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. These pipe bowls are often identified in literature as hard stone, or stoneware, because of their highly polished and transparent-glazed surface finish, but they were not of a hard stone composition; they were fired, containing a mixture of white clay for strength and red clay for sheen.

Condition is excellent, with no damage or repair, but it is a used item circa 1880-1920’s

See photos! Sell as it is on the photos.

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