Vintage Syroco Terrier Pipe Holder with Glass Eyes

 This cute guy is from my personal collection of terriers. SO cute! He’s brown syroco. There are some chips, but you can disguise them with a marker.

 He measures about 9 inches long x 8 inches to the ear tip. He also has two pockets. Perhaps for cigarettes and matches or a pipe? He’d be great on your desk holding pens!

He's a heavy little guy, so if I've over-estimated shipping (plus insurance, tracking and packaging) by more than a dollar, I'll refund that difference to you!

I found this online about syroco:

Wood Pulp Into Art

The new product combined wood pulp from the Adirondacks with flour as a binder and other materials. After extrusion it was cut to fit compression molds. These molds were made from original carvings in real wood by woodcarvers. These carvers originally came to the United States from several European countries.

Production of this new molded product was the mainstay of the company’s product through the 1940s. The finished model could be smoothed and varnished to look like wood, or it could be painted.

Sales catalogs from the early 1900s through the 1920s offer hundreds of varieties of moldings. The advertisements include various styles of brackets, garlands, cartouches and scrolls.

But by the 1930s, the company had also developed an extensive line of gift and novelty items. These pieces comprise of syrowood and also woodite — a combination of wood flour and polymer. In the 1960s, the company began to use injection molding for some of its products. But, it did not entirely abandon its old process.

Furthermore, antique dealers and avid collectors vie daily for their most cherished Syroco pieces from ornately carved mirrors to bookends and pipe holders.

CLICK ON PHOTOS TO ENLARGE, THEN SCROLL.  Look the photos over closely as they are part of the description. It’s hard to know what all to mention or even look for in vintage and antique pieces, as you might be searching for something I never noticed or thought of! Feel free to ask questions too!    

Please remember that vintage and antique items are treasure that have been lived with and loved for generations and will show signs of love and use. They may also have minor imperfections from all that love, use and time. Please don’t expect these items to be perfect.

We try very hard to point out imperfections, but sometimes you just have to search the photos for yourself. The charm and patina these items have gained over the years and the stories they tell are part of their charm!   

Shipping includes tracking plus proper packaging and insurance. If we've over-estimate the shipping fee by more than a dollar, we will refund that to you!   

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