What Type of Repair Was This?
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Looks like somebody painted it white. Or thought it was a cupcake and put icing on it.
It looks like it's been glazed, but that would require someone with knowledge of ceramics.
Was thinking that porcelain bathtub repair? Looks like it
There were a lot of calabash pipes made with ceramic/porcelain bowls. This looks to be one of them from the finish and coloring.
Some were even made with "asbestos" bowls. Found one of those and wanted to buy it even though it was in a cracked gourd but the seller wanted $150 for it since he had "seen pipes like it go for that."
My initial observation says the bowl is not meerschaum to begin with.
One way you can often tell is that, when looking from the side, the cap will often be flatter with a ceramic bowl while the meer will be more domed.
The "paint" around the chamber looks like an after-market application, and not professionally done. If it is a total bargain, it might be fun to try to fix it, but I certainly wouldn't pay regular Meerschaum prices for it. It will take some labor and time, and might not give good results. Personally, I wouldn't bother.
Looks like some toilet is missing a key piece.
