I just won an auction for this pipe and wonder if anyone has ever seen anything like it. I'm wondering what the bowl and stem are made of and if it was truly designed as a tobacco pipe. I'm guessing that it's clay, with a silver cladding. I think it's beautiful, even if it doesn't turn out to be very functional. The lid makes it look like a teapot. According to the auction listing it is "Dutch Sinhyalese Silver with Finial Colonial Ceylon".