Lot 53

THREE FIGURAL MEERSCHAUM PIPES (3)

19th Century

Estimate: £100 - £200
Hammer price: £500
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.

To include; one modelled as a priest and detailed '1709-1722' (lacking mouthpiece); a gentleman wearing a top-hat, possibly Sir William Gladstone and another of King Edward VII, each cased, one with retailers print to interior 'Fratlli Richini Venezia', length of largest 15cm.

Condition report:
- Priest pipe; mouthpiece missing, has been smoked and well used, hairline crack to face and chip to hair covering, case scuffed but ok
- Top-hat pipe; amber mouthpiece is cracked and has been repaired, pipe has been smoked but overall in good condition, case scuffed and worn
- King Edward VII; amber mouthpiece cracked and in two sections, pipe has been smoked but overall in good condition, case good.

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