In the top picture, there is something that looks like a nutcracker. I'm pretty sure that it's a figural, but what exactly is it a figure of? It looks surreal.
I have two meers and two clays. One clay is modern and the other is 1800s vintage. My one meer is an unknown maker and other is a cao. That figure pipe is unsmoked. Im not sure what its supposed to be. Its a head with a top hat. The carving is real angular with a pointy beard. I call it a devil pipe. For some reason it makes me think of a cartoony devil