18th Century Meerschaum???

[piperRowan]

wow, you certainly get something.

 

[elbert]

https://m.ebay.ie/itm/LARGE-ANTIQUE-CARVED-MEERSCHAUM-PIPE-BOWL-STAG-AND-VILLAGE-SCENE/123778996085?hash=item1cd1cd9775:g:m0MAAOSwUV1c2JZj
Similar bowl and motifs, but the carvings are different.

 

[elbert]

http://tobaccopipeartistory.blogspot.com/2014/06/norwegian-pipe-models-with-acanthus.html?m=1
Some info about the shape of the pipe? The author calls it "Norwegian style"

 

[gatorlope]

What reference I’ve found to “trade pipes” so far refers to clay rather than stone. If the pipe part of this dates back that far, I think that it would have belonged to someone more prosperous, who could afford something sturdier than those fragile clay pipes.

I like Greeneyes’ suggestion for Antiques Roadshow, but I’m in South Florida and they’re not coming anywhere near me this year.

 

[hugodrax]

It’s the lost pipe of Olaf (Ole) Ewearenütson, first Norwegian to step foot on the shores of the English New World. Deported for stealing herring over the value of 21 shillings (a shitload of shad), he arrived in Philadelphia in April 1, 1723. Together with his wife, Lena, he set up a successful fencing operation on Walnut Street. To this day, he remains an honored symbol of the Norwegian peoples easy assimilation into the culture.
Although technically priceless, it last sold for a case of Gordon’s fish sticks to a real Tartar.

 

[hugodrax]

It’s the lost pipe of Olaf (Ole) Ewearenütson, first Norwegian to step foot on the shores of the English New World. Deported for stealing herring over the value of 21 shillings (a shitload of shad), he arrived in Philadelphia in April 1, 1723. Together with his wife, Lena, he set up a successful fencing operation on Walnut Street. To this day, he remains an honored symbol of the Norwegian peoples easy assimilation into the culture.

 

[gatorlope]

Thank you, Elbert!

Both of those may be relevant.

BTW, I’ll do another pic looking down and perhaps one looking up. It’s not so slab sided as those English and Norwegian examples seem to be.

 

[gatorlope]

From the top:

From the bottom:

 

[gatorlope]

The only flat surfaces are the tops of the bowl and the shank.

 

[gatorlope]

As for Olaf Ewearsnuttin, (alternative spelling) , I think he actually had to flee the country after stripping in the royal court and mooning the king,

 

[hugodrax]

Brother, you're all right by me. I really hope you get to the bottom of this.
Just a thought, but why dont you email some photos to the tobacco pipe artistory blog? They would know and I'm really hoping that's a historical pipe. That shape is like a ship's prow.

 

[gatorlope]

Yeah, I tend to think of the bottom of the pipe as the “keel.” No matter what, it’s a genuine “wotzit”, a curiousity and a minor mystery.
If we didn’t speculate, then we wouldn’t have any theories to be proven one way or another.
Meanwhile, we have fun and learn things!