Help me Identify

[Lauze]

Hey there I was hoping someone could help me identify this pipe. I was told it was my great great grandfathers but I cannot find any information about it on the internet. TIA

 

[anotherbob]

it's interesting. That brand is still around but I never knew they made such pipes. Pretty neat. If you're looking for money who knows though. The price on pipes as collectables seems to be decided by a shadowy cabal of people that have an completely esoteric criteria.

 

[Sobrbiker]

Very cool old hunting style pipe!

 

[paulfg]

Very cool old hunting style pipe!

a hunting style pipe made by Butz Choquin in Metz France.
according to pipeadia they started out in Metz before moving to St Claude

Butz-Choquin - Pipedia

pipedia.org

 

[OzPiper]

Porcelain with a stem made of cherry wood
Bit (mouthpiece) often made of (cow) horn
Often with a bendable rubber connection between stem and bit

 

[Lauze]

Here's another picture, is there a chance that I could be a fake Butz Choquin? It's like nothing I have ever seen before

 

[didimauw]

Neat pipe! These pipes of this style are showing up on the forum rapidly recently!

Did people actually smoke them?

 

[RustiePyles CPG]

Here's another picture, is there a chance that I could be a fake Butz Choquin? It's like nothing I have ever seen before
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Unlikely a fake, porcelain Jager Phiefen were very popular in Europe at one time. They can be very collectable today.

Neat pipe! These pipes of this style are showing up on the forum rapidly recently!

Did people actually smoke them?

Yes they were smoked, they were very popular with the Commissioned officers in the various European military's, and are often seen with regimental markings.

 

[RustiePyles CPG]

Might try emailing them and ask them about it.

info@butzchoquin.com

 

[kcghost]

Not much chance of it being fake. They aren't worth a lot of money.

 

[anotherbob]

If I wasn't saving money at the moment! Not much reason to fake it. Yeah people certainly smoked these. More so before briar and cobs took over the front running position for pipe materials. And the thing is they're great pipes when actually made to smoke.

 

[greysmoke]

Butz Choquin is a worthy pipemaker. As far as I can tell, French made pipes never seem to have caught on here in the U.S., at least not compared to UK, Irish, Danish, Italian. Looks like a nice fireplace pipe. Congrats.

 

[tobakenist]

Don't hold the bowl if you light it up, it get's very hot.