Advice About 1809 Pipe

[Dallyna]

I have a pipe and would like to find out a bit more information about it. It is hand carved and dated 1809.

 

[FurCoat]

That's a nice piece. I can't tell you anything about it, but I would display it proudly.

 

[jpmcwjr]

Is the date carved or stamped? Or is there another source for the "date"?

 

[sablebrush52]

I have a pipe and would like to find out a bit more information about it. It is hand carved and dated 1809.View attachment 49248

Look to see if there are any makers marks or other identifiers besides the date.

 

[Epip Oc'Cabot]

Wow! If possible, for us into seeing more “centerfold” pictures.... please add a few other images.... especially the front face of the bowl, perhaps inside the bowl itself... and a view with the stem attached if possible.

The one image shows an awfully damn interesting looking, 211 year old pipe.... and I would enjoy seeing more of it. ?

 

[Dallyna]

Is the date carved or stamped? Or is there another source for the "date"?

The date is carved. Inside the top (excuse my ignorance) there is a mark of a crown a dolphin & a barley stalk

 

[jpmcwjr]

Close ups of the marks would be helpful.

 

[Dallyna]

Wow! If possible, for us into seeing more “centerfold” pictures.... please add a few other images.... especially the front face of the bowl, perhaps inside the bowl itself... and a view with the stem attached if possible.

The one image shows an awfully damn interesting looking, 211 year old pipe.... and I would enjoy seeing more of it. ?

The date is carved. Inside the top (excuse my ignorance) there is a mark of a crown a dolphin & a barley stalk

Close ups of the marks would be helpful.

Close ups of the marks would be helpful.

 

[verporchting]

Very cool pipe!

I’m interested to see what information surfaces about it.

 

[sablebrush52]

There looks to be a makers mark stamped into the silver around the rim, but it's too low resolution to read. can you tell us what the letters are, including any periods

 

[sablebrush52]

The pipe may be Danish. Here's a 19th century Danish 5 ore coin with similar markings:

 

[pitchfork]

I'm no expert in meerschaum pipes, but there were a lot of late 19th-c./early 20th-c. meerschaum pipes that had carving like that, and often they had an "old" date carved into them. (In fact, many of them were pressed/molded rather than carved.)

On your pipe, the silver fitment for the stem looks similar to the kind used on higher quality meerschaums, however, so I'm not positive that it's a late 19th-c. reproduction, but the carved date and the style of the images makes me think it could be.

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[Richmond B. Funkenhouser]

I can tell you one thing about it... It's cool as hell.

 

[jpmcwjr]

Yes, that's a real treasure, regardless of provenance.

 

[Dallyna]

Thank you for all the information. It has been great to find out more about it.

 

[workman]

If the pipe is danish, which seems likely, it is probably in memory of the peace treaty between Denmark and Sweden that was signed in 1809.
Those symbols are often seen on coins and other danish or norwegian items from the 19th century.
I think they are symbols of Poseidon and Demeter which in turn are symbols of seafaring trade and agriculture.
The shield should have some lions and or a cross inside it, but they could have worn off.