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Hookah

Title	Hookah
Author	Unknown (made)
Publication Place	Turkey (made) -
Subject	Smoking Accessories
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	Height: 380mm, Diameter: 127mm
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	MISC.101-1921
Record ID	MISC.101-1921
Library Location	Middle East Section
Notes	Part of a hookah, Turkish; 19th century
İlişki	Third Annual International Exhibition (1873)
Malzemeler ve teknikler	Metal, earthenware Metal Earthenware
Fiziksel açıklama	Top of a hookah of white metal, lined with earthenware. Circular in section, with a projecting tube. It consists of an upright tube expanding at the top and finishing in a band of leaf ornament; below is (1) a row of leaves bent outwards; and (2) a row of 14 darts bound together midway by a band of swags and terminating in a band of leaves, which rest on a moulding forming a cap to another part of the hookah.

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Hookah

Author Unknown (made)

Publication Place Turkey (made) -

Subject Smoking Accessories

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions Height: 380mm, Diameter: 127mm

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID MISC.101-1921

Record ID MISC.101-1921

Library Location Middle East Section

Notes Part of a hookah, Turkish; 19th century

İlişki Third Annual International Exhibition (1873)

Malzemeler ve teknikler Metal, earthenware Metal Earthenware

Fiziksel açıklama Top of a hookah of white metal, lined with earthenware. Circular in section, with a projecting tube. It consists of an upright tube expanding at the top and finishing in a band of leaf ornament; below is (1) a row of leaves bent outwards; and (2) a row of 14 darts bound together midway by a band of swags and terminating in a band of leaves, which rest on a moulding forming a cap to another part of the hookah.