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Watters

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Has anybody ever seen anything like this.?
 

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OldWill

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Welcome from Central Texas.
Is your pipe a meerschaum? Seafaring men often used small pipes because they often smoked them upside down out of the weather. It may be a metal (nickel?) reinforced solid needs chain or bone pipe.

Never ran across one like it, but its beautiful to me.
 
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Fralphog

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Howdy from Idaho. Welcome to the forum!
A very interesting pipe indeed. Never seen one like it. Lot’s of knowledge on the forum. I’m thinking you will get some good feedback/info.
 
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mso489

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Welcome aboard from central North Carolina. I've visited Vermont once, in the spring, in the Green Mountains after the skiing season was long over. Beautiful country. I was on business, a scientific meeting, so no hiking or birding or anything. But beautiful country and good mountain air.

About the pipe, does it appear to be meerschaum or clay? The shank is quite thick for such a small bowl and chamber. I think it is some sort of import, but I can't get a range on the origins. Doesn't look Turkish or Japanese. Hmmm.
 
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Watters

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I have had a jeweler look at the piece. They did tell me that it was silver. And I was told that it was not a meerschaum because it has the growth lines. The pictures pixelated so you can't see it as well. The piece itself is approximately 4 in Long. The the Bowl is about 1 in diameter. Thank you for your thoughts I appreciate it.
 

Watters

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Apr 22, 2022
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Vermont United States
Welcome aboard from central North Carolina. I've visited Vermont once, in the spring, in the Green Mountains after the skiing season was long over. Beautiful country. I was on business, a scientific meeting, so no hiking or birding or anything. But beautiful country and good mountain air.

About the pipe, does it appear to be meerschaum or clay? The shank is quite thick for such a small bowl and chamber. I think it is some sort of import, but I can't get a range on the origins. Doesn't look Turkish or Japanese. Hmmm.
Yes yokhamatomy sorry I murdered his name. Said the same it was not from the Japan and wasn't sure where it came from. Thank you for your thoughts thank you for replying.
 

weezell

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Welcome! I think the pipe is bone and possibly a ceremonial pipe of a tribe of some sort. Just guessing...puffy
 
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