Nice Patinated And Silvered Foam Pipe Head, Circa 1830, Janissary With Turban

Big beautiful pipe-head, silver mounted, from meerschaum showing that inimitable reddish-brown patina.
It is one face of a Janissary, the tall headdress closed by an engraved silver lid, finished by an engraved crescent.
Austria or Southern Germany, 1830s. 
Hand-held, it measures 11cm x 10cm x 5cm.
Condition: good overall. Wear and rubbing to lower face. Noflaws.
-" The Janissaries were a powerful military order composed of slaves of European origin and before their conversion to Islam,They formed the elite infantry of Ottoman army at the height of Empire."-  Source : Wikipedia
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