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Pipe Tamper

Pipe Tamper

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Pipe Tamper
Artist
CultureEnglish
Titles
  • Pipe Tamper
Datec. 1800
PlaceEngland
MediumIvory
Dimensions3 1/8L × 5/8 dia. inches

Credit LineThe Rienzi Collection, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harris Masterson III
Object number94.985
Non exposé

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Department
Rienzi
Object Type
Provenance[Donohoe, London]; purchased by Harris Master III, 1986; given to MFAH, 1994.
Exhibition History"Extravagant Objects: Jewelry and Objets d’Art from the Masterson Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Rienzi, November 18, 2017–July 26, 2018.

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