AN ANTIQUE VERY LARGE SUPERBLY CARVED GERMAN MEERSCHAUM PIPE
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LISTED HERE IS A VERY VERY LARGE INTRICATELY CARVED GERMAN MEERSCHAUM PIPE WITH AN AMBER MOUTHPIECE, THE VERY LARGE BOWL IS ONE OF THE MOST INTRICATELY CARVED IMAGES THAT I HAVE SEEN, & IS OF A LADY IN A HUGE ORNATELY FRILLED BONNET, IT IS ALMOST 2.5 INCHES TALL, (SEE PIC 6)IT HAS AN AMBER STEM/MOUTHPIECE, WHICH HAS BEEN WHIPPED AT SOME TIME, TO MAKE IT FIT THE BOWL, (PIC 10) BUT NO DAMAGE TO THE STEM, APART FROM USAGE , I CANNOT FIND ANY CHIPS/KNOCKS /DAMAGE AT ALL TO THE CARVING,... WHICH IN ITSELF IS REMARKABLE, CONSIDERING ITS AGE, (VICTORIAN/EDWARDIAN) BUT THE CASE I SUPPOSE HAS AFFORDED IT PROTECTION OVER ITS LONG LIFE, THE LEATHER COVERED CASE, (WHICH HAS A BRASS STRENGTHENING INNER RING TO THE PERIMETER) ANOTHER SIGN OF QUALITY, IS ALSO IN VERY VERY NICE CONDITION, I THINK ONE HINGE MAY HAVE BEEN REPLACED?? BUT IN NO WAY DOES IT DETRACT FROM THE CASE OPERATING & CLOSING HOW IT SHOULD, THE OUTER LEATHER COVERING IS ALSO IN NICE AGED CONDITION, THE GOLD STAMP TO THE INNER PLUSH LINING HAS A "DOUBLE HEADED EAGLE" & THE WORDS "GENUINE MEERSCHAUM BEST QUALITY"THE PIPE IS VERY DIRTY, & I HAVE NOT ATTEMPTED TO CLEAN IT IN ANY WAY, EITHER OUTER OR INNER BOWL, I WOULD RATHER LEAVE THAT TO THE BUYER, I UNDERSTAND THAT TO CLEAN THEM, FIRST OF ALL THEY ARE SMOKED TO GET THE BOWL "HOT" THEN THEY CAN BE CLEANED PROPERLY & RE-WAXED???I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THIS AFTER THIS HAS BEEN DONE, BECAUSE I THINK YOU WILL AGREE THAT THIS LARGE PIPE SHOWS MEERSCHAUM CARVING AT ITS BEST, PLEASE STUDY THE IMAGES PROVIDED AS WELL AS MY WRITTEN DESCRIPTION TO SATISFY YOURSELF THAT YOU ARE HAPPY TO BID ON WHAT YOU CAN SEE,
THANKS FOR VIEWING & GOOD LUCK BIDDING
THANKS FOR VIEWING & GOOD LUCK BIDDING
