Black Forest Style Silver Lidded Hand Painted Porcelain Pipe with Pastoral Scene with Figurals Hand Carved Wood Stem & Mouth Pierced, Vented Lid Hallmarked CV on Silver and Lippert & Haas Porcelain c1805 - 1832

Presented is a beautifully rendered Black Forest Style Pipe with a ceramic or porcelain smoking bowl with a hallmarked hinged pin lid and fittings and a hand carved smoking stem. This beautiful pipe is marked on the interior of the hand painted porcelain for Lippert & Haas founded and working in Schlaggenwald, Bohemia Czechoslovakia c1805-32 and is topped with a hallmarked vented pierced hinged lid with hallmarks and a great impressed or chased dedication or saying with three stars, a rams head and the and a name. The bowl has been broken and repaired in the past and there are some minor dings in the silver as well as some fine scratches in the silver, ceramic and wood. All pieces fit well into their respective parts and are slightly loose and the mouth piece does have some signs of previous use and some ware to smoking tip. This is a great item for the collector. It makes an elegant display for almost any décor or setting.  

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Measure: 17 ¼” inches long, 1 1/8” inches wide across bowl, 7/8” inches widest across stem.

Weight: 6.4 ounces on my postal scale or 182 grams

Marks: - Hallmarked CV and a partial mark on Silver and an S mark on interior of Porcelain or Ceramic bowl for Lippert & Haas Porcelain & Ceramics

Condition: The bowl has been broken and repaired in the past and there are some minor dings in the silver as well as some fine scratches in the silver, ceramic and wood. All pieces fit well into their respective parts and are slightly loose, a dedication or monogram on the lid.

I am happy to answer questions and to send additional photos thanks for looking and please see my other auctions.

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