19th Century Agate and Silver Pipe

Fantastic bronze pipe from the Vienna tobacco museum’s collection, from Belgian Congo.

Beautiful old crocodile vanity and necessaire case, with eight jars in facetted glass and silver lids, one box in silver, several brushes and combs in silver, inkwell in silver, perfume container in silver and glass, travel clock, lipstick container...

Very nice roman plaquette with inscription on it. The inscription says something with Diva Faustina and Antoninus. So it must be in reference or to coin...

Beautiful meerschaum bull pipehead in its own box from F. Edwards, Glasshouse, in Regent Street, London.

Rare bronze sculpture of native African smoking a large pipe Provenance: Vienna Tobbacco Museum. This scultpure is pictured in the Kinsky Vienna auction catalog as # 467 or 468.

Wonderful carved German or Austrian snuff box hunting motive and silver mounting. Carved to fit "hand in glove." Provenance: Exhibited at the Dome M...

Austrian silver mounted meerschaum carved pipe, circa 1890. Note, missing stem.

A 19th century Dutch silver pipe stopper with ship. A ship on a plateau on the stem. The stem is openwork and twisted. The pipe cleaner was originally a simple instrument only intended to empty the pipe bowl. 19th Century and Dutch hallmarked with the "Sword" used from 1814-1906. The silversmith mark is faded The size of the pipe cleaner is 10,5 cm high, 2 cm wide and the depth is 0,7 cm ( 4.1 Inch x 0.8 Inch x 0.3 Inch) The weight is 14 grams The silver version of the pipe cleaner, consisting of a pen topped by a figure, has no relation to the luxurious multi-piece garnish or the clipping tube. It originated from the simple brass or copper predecessor or the more popular variant of wood, bone or in a rare case also ivory. It is a consumable with only one purpose: to remove the tobacco plug at the bottom of the pipe bowl and to clean the kettle. The point is the working part of the object, the decorative element functions as a handle. In addition to the pipe stopper intended for pressing the smoldering tobacco, the rooting tool is an indispensable tool for the smoker to empty the pipe bowl after smoking. Strangely enough, there is little relationship between the pipe stopper on the one hand and the pipe rooter on the other. It is especially remarkable that the silver rooters...

This 19th century briar wood pipe head takes the form of a horses head. The whole sculpture is finely detailed and it has a great expression.

A Superb Scottish Agate and silver bracelet This beautiful Scottish agate bracelet Is made from alternate figured green and orange agate carved and shaped panels with a silver eng...

Lovely piece of Scottish silver and agate 5 large pieces of agate Finely engraved silver mounts Good condition Free shipping

Siberian Eskimo people were introduced to tobacco in the 17th century, acquiring it from European traders in exchange for furs. Pipes based on European models, such as this example, ...