Auction: European Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2605BLocation: BostonDate / Time: July 14, 2012 10:00AM
Description:
Five Carved Meerschaum Portrait Pipes, one of a boy, with fitted case and marked metal band, lg. 6; one of a bearded man in a wide-brimmed straw hat, in a fitted case, lg. 5 1/2; one of a smiling, bearded man with a tall hat, in a fitted case, lg. 7 1/2; one of a laughing friar, in a fitted case, lg. 6 1/2; and one of a lady, in a fitted case, lg. 7 1/4 in.
Estimate $700-900
Usage wear to all. The boy with a small scratch to forehead, others with slight surface abrasions consistent with usage.