19TH CENTURY

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A group of novelty pipe bowls
19th century
Including; one modelled as a clenched fist; a pig; a soap stone clasped hand; three American corn-cob pipes; and various other bowls
3½in. (9cm.) high
And a turned rosewood wig powdering 'carrot', late 18th century -- 12½in. (31.6cm.) long

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Lot Essay

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
Edward Pinto, TREEN and other Wooden Bygones, Bell & Hymen 1969. For a comparable powdering 'carrot' see fig. 395.
Alfred Dunhill, The Pipe Book, London, 1924. The manufacture of corn-cob pipes was an established industry in the mid-west town of Washington, Missouri, where approximately 27 million pipes were annually produced at the turn of the century.

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