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Lot 295

A rare Prattware figural pipe, circa 1800

14 November 2018, 10:30 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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A rare Prattware figural pipe, circa 1800

Modelled as a man seated on a basket with a glass in his left hand, his right hand raised to support his own pipe which has a bowl formed as the head of a woman, a scrolled pipe and mouthpiece behind him, wearing a blue jacket, yellow breeches and a top hat impressed 'OLD FARMER', 17.5cm long

Footnotes

Provenance
Myrna and Benzion Schkolne Collection
A British Private Collection

For related pipes modelled as John Bull and a sailor, see John and Griselda Lewis, Pratt Ware (1984), p.247 and p.254

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