American Historical Ephemera & Photography Online

Meerschaum pipe bowl featuring intricately carved animal motifs, including a dog, canine - possibly a wolf (with loss to right ear), a ram, and an elk, surrounded by highly detailed carvings of leaves, incised lines, horns, and other decorative features. The rim of the bowl appears to be carved in the form of tree tops, with the illusion of trunks carved below (some areas of discoloration, few hairline cracks, wear consistent with age and use). With metal collar. Height approx. 3 3/4 in. Housed in original silk-lined case (scuffing, some areas of loss to surface). Accompanied by 2 silver gelatin photographs showing both sides of the pipe bowl, each 6 3/4 x 4 3/4 in. on 10 1/8 x 8 1/8 in. cardstock mounts (light spotting, toning), both with Superior Studio, Cleveland, OH imprint on mount recto. 

[With:] Meerschaum pipe bowl featuring woman and dog figures near a tree trunk, surrounded by foliage (discoloration, wear consistent with age and use). Hight approx. 3 3/4 in. Housed in original silk lined case stamped "Guaranteed Real Meerschaum" (scuffing, some areas of surface loss). -- Accompanied by 2 stems, which may not be original to the pipe bowls. 

Together, 2 ornately carved pipe bowls with accompanying photographs illustrating one of the bowls.