Meerschaum pipe with orientalist Zouave/Sultan head, amber, Guyot collection, 20th century
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Meerschaum pipe representing the head of an orientalist character: a zouave or a sultan, genuine amber stem, from the private collection of Gilbert Guyot*, from the 20th century.
This pipe is in excellent overall condition and of superb quality. It comes directly from the collection of Parisian pipe maker Gilbert Guyot. We have other pipes from this collection for sale on this site.
Please note: minor soiling, scratches and wear consistent with age, see photos.
Author of two essential books for French pipe enthusiasts, "Le Pipier de Paris" (The Paris Pipe Maker) in 1984 and "Pipiers français, Histoire et Traditions" (French Pipe Makers, History and Traditions) in 1992, he began his career at the age of 14 in 1961 in the workshop of his father, Henri Guyot, a Parisian pipe maker who had himself succeeded the Parisian pipe maker Auguste Goltsché at 7 Avenue de Clichy in Paris in 1937. Auguste Goltsché was the son of François Goltsché, a pipe turner from Vienna, who settled in Paris in 1883. He successively bought several pipe shops in Paris, including L'Indien and then L'Oriental. His son Auguste opened two shops, one in the Passage des Panoramas and the other at 7 Avenue de Clichy. Upon his death in 1937, H. Guyot took over the shop at 7 Avenue de Clichy, under the name "Bloc d'Ambre" (a name that was abandoned when the shop reopened in 1945). Besides writing two extremely interesting books, Gilbert Guyot became a pipe maker in 1961 with his father, Henri; together, they crafted very fine pipes. When his father retired in 1969, he took over the shop, running it until 1995. Gilbert Guyot retired to Trégastel.