Meerschaum Cigarette Holders
The same stone, the same hands, at a smaller scale. Meerschaum cigarette holders carry full carving — claws, portraits, animal heads and floral relief — worked at a size where every cut is proportionally more demanding.
46 pieces
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Floral Cigarette Holder No. 1
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Floral Cigarette Holder No. 2
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Floral Cigarette Holder No. 3
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Floral Cigarette Holder No. 4
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Floral Cigarette Holder No. 5
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Floral Cigarette Holder No. 6
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Floral Cigarette Holder No. 7
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Floral Cigarette Holder No. 8
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Eagle's Claw Cigarette Holder No. 9
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Eagle's Claw Cigarette Holder No. 10
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Eagle's Claw Cigarette Holder No. 11
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Eagle's Claw Cigarette Holder No. 12
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Eagle's Claw Cigarette Holder No. 13
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Eagle's Claw Cigarette Holder No. 14
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Horse Cigarette Holder No. 15
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Deer Cigarette Holder No. 16
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Elephant Cigarette Holder No. 17
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Reclining Figure Cigarette Holder No. 18
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Eagle's Claw Cigarette Holder No. 19
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Sultan Cigarette Holder No. 20
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Bears Cigarette Holder
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Claw Cigarette Holder No. 22
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Reclining Figure Cigarette Holder No. 23
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Scorpion Cigarette Holder No. 24
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Dog Cigarette Holder
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Dragon Cigarette Holder No. 26
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Elephant Cigarette Holder No. 27
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Eagle's Claw Cigarette Holder No. 28
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Eagle's Claw Cigarette Holder No. 29
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Bulldog Cigarette Holder No. 30
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Bulldog Cigarette Holder No. 31
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Bulldog Cigarette Holder No. 32
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Horse Cigarette Holder No. 33
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Horse Cigarette Holder No. 34
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Deer Cigarette Holder No. 35
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Elephant Cigarette Holder No. 36
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Reclining Figure Cigarette Holder No. 37
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Eagle's Claw Cigarette Holder No. 38
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Sultan Cigarette Holder No. 39
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Bears Family Cigarette Holder
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Claw Cigarette Holder No. 41
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Reclining Figure Cigarette Holder No. 42
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Scorpion Cigarette Holder No. 43
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Bulldog Cigarette Holder No. 44
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Dragon Cigarette Holder No. 45
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Elephant Cigarette Holder No. 46
Price on requestAbout the Cigarette Holders collection
A cigarette holder is not a simplified pipe. The carving vocabulary is identical to the full-size work — eagle's claw, sultan and Ottoman portrait heads, lions, deer, elephants, floral relief — but executed on a fraction of the surface, which leaves the carver no margin at all. Detail that would be routine on a bowl becomes exacting on a shaft.
They also colour faster in visible terms, simply because there is less material and less surface. Owners often notice a warming of tone considerably sooner than on a full pipe.
Holders are the most practical pieces in the catalogue to travel with and the most common choice for a first meerschaum object, since they show what the material and the carving are about at a lower commitment.
Each holder is individually carved and photographed from every angle. Note that the numbering of this collection differs slightly between the atelier's own records and the legacy website; the references shown here follow the atelier's records, and the exact piece is always confirmed by photograph before dispatch.
Common questions
- Do meerschaum cigarette holders take filters?
- It varies by piece. Ask the atelier before buying if a specific filter fitting matters to you.
- Are holders a good first meerschaum purchase?
- They are a common starting point — the same material and carving standard at a smaller scale, and easier to travel with.