SOLD Very Intense,Very Smoked Antique Meerschaum Pipe Bowl with Black Glass Eyes and Evocative Repairs Japanese netsuke 13" l x 5 3/4"

13" l x 5 3/4" w x 1/2" d and in very good condition

super painterly pair of Felix the cats

Being endlessly interested in photos of earlier photos

or for a friend without children

where he operated a few different studios

SOLD Very Intense,Very Smoked Antique Meerschaum Pipe Bowl with Black Glass Eyes and Evocative Repairs Japanese netsuke 13" l x 5 3/4"I am pretty certain this pipe bowl is 19th century meerschaum (meerschaum is a soft mineral called sepiolite, found in Europe, often carved into smoking pipes and other decorative objects) but the patina on it (if unsmoked it would appear white) is so dark (deeper than I have ever seen before), it is a bit hard to tell. And it is that near blackening from use, and the softening of the features from handling, and the wired repairs to the sides, that