Hello all - I have two pipes that I know nothing about but would love to get any information including where they might be from. They are both hand carved and one is very large. Anything you could tell me would be helpful.
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somebody must have some idea about these. Bumping this post because I'd like to hear more about them too. And feel like this post some how got missed.
Absolutely no idea or even a educated guess. My gut tells me they look like a homemade pipes. The carvings while nice, is poorly done.
Looks like the larger carved one is part of some collection. From a museum perhaps?
I’m guessing the carved one had a silver cap and ferrule that were ripped off and scrapped for cash.
The second carved pipe and specifically the art look German, maybe from a small commercial carver that did them for sale, no high artistry here. The first grooved pipe could be from anywhere, and it is hard to tell if it machined or hand carved, but I'd guess machined. Small low-output shops would be hard to track, but Forums can amaze me.
They're both interesting pipes and at a glance I'd say early 19th century. The tall one has a figure firing a musket that appears to be wearing a Hessian hat. Perhaps this was commemorating something to do with the Revolutionary War. It reminds me of some of the Washington commemorative clays in its shape if not in its detail or execution.
HELP! I found this pipe recently. Trying to identify it. Does anyone know? Look at the big emblem in the case.
The case says Genuine Amber. There's a crown and the emblem in the case matches the stamping on the pipe.... a crown with "C N O" (not sure of order of letters in the monogram)
There are some silver hallmarks which seem to be an "L", a Lion, and a bear or wild cat face. Which as far as I can tell means "1926, 925 silver, London". The hallmarks have a double notch at the bottom.
The case says Genuine Amber. There's a crown and the emblem in the case matches the stamping on the pipe.... a crown with "C N O" (not sure of order of letters in the monogram)
There are some silver hallmarks which seem to be an "L", a Lion, and a bear or wild cat face. Which as far as I can tell means "1926, 925 silver, London". The hallmarks have a double notch at the bottom.
I think the pipes may be Civil War era pipes. I am just guessing here, but the one pipe says "Run" on it, and it has a bull above the word "Run". Maybe it could mean Bull Run, as in the battle?
I think you're on point with that thought. Seeing the soldier with the musket, and the bull over the word run makes me think that it was made by someone involved with the Battle of Bull Run in Virginia. Question would be, whose side did it belong to?
