A silver mounted meerschaum pipe- claws and devil heads. c1872-1922

A silver mounted meerschaum pipe- claws and devil heads. c1872-1922A fine meerschaum pipe with silver mounts and cover. The bowl is decorated with raptor claws and grotesque animal heads. The silver is marked with a hound's head and the number 3 to the left which is Austro Hungarian c1872 1922 but it's . 800 silver not sterling. In excellent condition the only flaw that I can see is to the tip of one claw which has a crack across it but is solid and to the end of the mouthpiece which has a tooth mark under it but

Measuring a tiny 3 x 1 cm

Lace bobbin making was a cottage industry using domestic animal bone and local soft woods-never ivory

There is some simple line engraving and two inlaid silver spots

A lovely example of a wooden card case decorated using black ink and then varnished over

The interior has general wear to the edges of the green silk

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A Tunbridge ware thread winder from a mid 19th century sewing box c1850

a gilded metal bed with a rudimentary 'baby' on a lace trimmed cloth mattress ( the mattress is stamped 'Foreign' on the base)

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It also has a star rim

There are five small holes by which the beadwork or cloth strap could be attached on either side of the clasp

There are two small depressions