Stunning Antique Meerschaum Hand Holding Pipe Bowl for the artist so can be positioned however

so can be positioned however one likes it

with red shadowing the yellow on Schortmann and the great "anything

MA produced a pretty fabulous deck of cards

I’d guess 1930s-40s and ready to be filled with chocolate eggs now

I find things like this just amazing

Stunning Antique Meerschaum Hand Holding Pipe Bowl for the artist so can be positioned howeverI find this late 19th century pipe bowl such a beautiful thing, all the better for being freed from the pipe stem, such that it can be displayed with this beautiful hand draping over top of the bowl. It was quite finely carved of the mineral sepiolite, also known as Meerschaum, which was prized as the perfect material for making pipes as it provided a cool, dry, flavorful smoke. Meerschaum is white to begin with, and from what I understand its color