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| Vincent Van Gogh |
| Youth with a pipe - Hendrick Jansz Terbrugghen |
| The Card Players - Paul Cézanne - early 1890s |
| Self Portrait - Emile Horace Vernet |
| Van Gogh - Self Portrait - Summer 1888 in Arles, France |
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The Commandant - Lord Paget, entertains the Duke of Cumberland in Ivry Street
1808 - note their meershshaum Stummels. A man would own several pipe heads
(cased), but one or two stems for them. Gentlemens' homes and taverns kept the
long stems on hand for guests, these typically made from cherry wood with the
bark left on. Thus, a gentleman could travel with his pipe heads in leather cases,
sans the cumbersome stems.
1808 - note their meershshaum Stummels. A man would own several pipe heads
(cased), but one or two stems for them. Gentlemens' homes and taverns kept the
long stems on hand for guests, these typically made from cherry wood with the
bark left on. Thus, a gentleman could travel with his pipe heads in leather cases,
sans the cumbersome stems.
LEFT:Meerschaum Austro-Hungarian "Kalmasch" 1855 (prob. Vienna)
Stem: 15.5" - cherry, buffalo horn & flexible woven mesh. Silver is hallmarked
London. From the collection of John Wade Long, Jr.
For more see: http://www.brebbiapipe.it/en/museo_schuchardt.php
Stem: 15.5" - cherry, buffalo horn & flexible woven mesh. Silver is hallmarked
London. From the collection of John Wade Long, Jr.
For more see: http://www.brebbiapipe.it/en/museo_schuchardt.php
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