Three pipes (chibouk) with tophane bowls, Turkey, 19th Century

consisting of two long cylindrical ebony pipes, both decorated with silver mounts,one with a criss-cross pattern and foliate niello panels, each with either an ivory, or orange or red amber mouth-piece, one pipe composed of carved ivory, each with a tophane bowl, two with gilt decoration, including one with stamp

Each in general good condition, orange amber mouthpiece on ebony and silver criss-cross pipe once broken and glued back on piece, ivory pipe with slightly loose components and slight staining, some minor ware to tophane pots consistent with age, as viewed.
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A comparable chibouk with Tophane bowl is in the Topkapi Palace Museum (Atasoy 1992, p.246).