My priest is not a smoker, but his father recently found an exceedingly weird pipe among his family heirlooms. Knowing that I collect pipes, he asked me to identify it, and I'll be darned if I can't (heh).
Here are notes from my priest:
1. It is believed that it belonged to my dad's grandpa (born in the late 1800s) because when he died my dad's family inherited it.
2. My dad can't tell what sort of animal hide it is on the outside.
3. the little bulb on the bottom of the bowl has hole that you look into.
4. When looking into this hole just right and held to the light perfectly you see the following:
4a. What looks to be a black and white photo (or possibly a sketch) of: A lighthouse in the background, some sort of building in front of it, and some men in a boat in the foreground that looks like they're going to (or leaving) shore.
4b. Part of the image is the word: "Norderney" with a small "17" just below the y in the world. (best guess is that this may indicate 1917 as in the year it may have been made).
A quick google reveals that "Norderney" is an island off of the coast of germany. I asked my dad if his grandpa served in WWI or WWII. He said that he didn't, but he had a son that died in the battle of the Bulge.
One could wonder if this was something sent home by him OR shipped home with his personal effects. But this is just conjecture.
Apparently the lighthouse in the photo looks like the "Norderney Leuchtturm" built in 1874.
[A googled pic of the "Norderney" lighthouse -- the lighthouse also depicted in the black and white photo seen inside the pipe]
I am at a complete loss.
An extremely strange looking pipe, with some sort of bulb at the bottom through which you see a picture of this lighthouse!?
I told him that if ya'll didn't have answers, there aren't answers to be had.
Here are notes from my priest:
1. It is believed that it belonged to my dad's grandpa (born in the late 1800s) because when he died my dad's family inherited it.
2. My dad can't tell what sort of animal hide it is on the outside.
3. the little bulb on the bottom of the bowl has hole that you look into.
4. When looking into this hole just right and held to the light perfectly you see the following:
4a. What looks to be a black and white photo (or possibly a sketch) of: A lighthouse in the background, some sort of building in front of it, and some men in a boat in the foreground that looks like they're going to (or leaving) shore.
4b. Part of the image is the word: "Norderney" with a small "17" just below the y in the world. (best guess is that this may indicate 1917 as in the year it may have been made).
A quick google reveals that "Norderney" is an island off of the coast of germany. I asked my dad if his grandpa served in WWI or WWII. He said that he didn't, but he had a son that died in the battle of the Bulge.
One could wonder if this was something sent home by him OR shipped home with his personal effects. But this is just conjecture.
Apparently the lighthouse in the photo looks like the "Norderney Leuchtturm" built in 1874.
[A googled pic of the "Norderney" lighthouse -- the lighthouse also depicted in the black and white photo seen inside the pipe]
I am at a complete loss.
An extremely strange looking pipe, with some sort of bulb at the bottom through which you see a picture of this lighthouse!?
I told him that if ya'll didn't have answers, there aren't answers to be had.
