🔴New XL Artist ISMAIL OZEL Meerschaum Pipe Detailed Soldier with Leather Case

Description

A RARE OPPORTUNITY TO OWN A ISMAIL OZEL CREATION!
NEW AND NEVER SMOKED!
COMES FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION!
THE ARTIST:
ISMAIL OZEL ALSO KNOW AS "THE ARTIST"
PREVIOUSLY KNOWN AS THE MASTER OF THE MASTERS!
(PASSED AWAY IN 2012)
HE TAUGHT CARVING TO EDUCATE YOUNG TALENTED CARVERS WHO ARE NOW AMOUNG THE BEST CARVERS!
(H. COR A MASTER ARTISAN AND OTHERS WERE TRAINED BY HIM)
THE PIPE:
EXTRA LARGE MEERSCHAUM PIPE FEATURING A SOLDIER!
NOTE THE MUSTASH, EYES AND HAT!
SIZE = 7" LONG, 3 1/4" HIGH & 2" WIDE.
SMOKING CHAMBER IS 7/8" DIAMETER AND A DEPTH OF 2 1/4".
SHOULD PRODUCE A SMOKE OVER ONE HOUR DEPENDING ON YOUR TOBACCO!
IT IS ALSO A SITTER!
COMES IN A LEATHER CASE FORMED JUST FOR THIS PIPE!
WE DON'T SEE MANY OF OZEL's PIPES UP FOR SALE. USUALLY IN PRIVATE COLLECTIONS OR MUSEUMS.
MOST THAT I HAVE SEEN ARE USED!