Posted 12 years ago
Houseofpipes
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Here we have what in actual fact is an ivory pipe not meerschaum the carving depicts a full stand of arms and a fouled anchor every link of the chain on the anchor is carved from the solid with no joins amazing work almost certainly French St Omer circa 1860
Exquisite!
Its better if you blow the image up Ivory is very difficult to carve they are probably the rarest pipes of all to collect.
Incredibly magnificent work!
Many thanks for your interest.