Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments
Description:
Civil War Carved Pipe-bowl, c. 1861-65, carved pipe bowl carved on the front with CHANCELLORSVILLE & FRDKSBURG/GETTYSBURG over a USA, lg. 3 in.
Provenance: From the collection of the late Peter F. Frazier and M. Prudence Fleck.
Note: With the pipe was a note that states "This pipe was made from a tree root, hand carved by the great grandfather of Mrs. Marjorie Davis, while he was in a Confederate prison Civil War 1861-1865."
Estimate $300-500
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