Auction: Sale #2135 - 2135Location: BostonDate / Time: April 06, 2002 10:00AM
Description:
Victorian Meerschaum Pipe Carved with Reformation Scene, mid-19th century, with central allegorical scene of an eagle devouring a lamb, a lion waiting nearby, against ground carved all-over with satirical faces of clerics amidst foliage, grapes, cherubs, birds, snakes, and hounds, with English silver fittings and lid hallmarked for London, 1855, with ebony stem with foliate silver mounts, bowl lg. 6 1/2, stem lg. 18 in.
Estimate $3,000-5,000