Rare and Wonderful Circa 1825 Figural Staffordshire Pottery Pipe

Rare and Wonderful Circa 1825 Figural Staffordshire Pottery Pipe

An exceedingly rare late Georgian figural Staffordshire pottery pipe! The bowl of the pipe is cleverly and finely modeled as the head of a young Yorkshire man with a very infectious grin. Such a pleasing piece...the detail both in the modeling and the painting of the fellow's curls and his eyebrows, the finely painted eye lashes, the realistically modeled laugh lines around his eyes and mouth, his delicately modeled nose, ears and teeth...just a superb piece! The stem has an exuberant gilt decoration which incorporates the original owner's initials, 'T.S.'. The pipe is fresh from a Yorkshire estate.

The piece measures 6 3/4" in length and is in very, very fine undamaged condition. There are no chips, cracks or restorations and there is no crazing, paint loss and only minimal gilt wear. There is evidence that the pipe was smoked as the interior of the bowl is charred and the gilt loss that is present is around the mouth piece. There is one tiny, tiny blemish on the fellow's cheek where I think he has been resting on the same cupboard shelf for the last 175 years.

If you are an early English pottery collector, a pipe collector, a folk art collector, this piece, dating to the first quarter of the 19th century, would be a highlight of your collection. It will certainly be a long time, if ever, before you see another.

Item ID: QS-F0190

$1,195 USD

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