Sold Very Tender, Very Old Tin Lined Wooden Pipe Bowl with Beautiful Face ornate wooden box 5 3/4" x 4 1/8"

5 3/4" x 4 1/8"

dates to the early 1980s and is one of a series of calendars he produced in the 80s (I have found other examples from 1980

which in large part preceded American Jack Straws

but lay it over a light tan backing and they pretty much disappear

Sold Very Tender, Very Old Tin Lined Wooden Pipe Bowl with Beautiful Face ornate wooden box 5 3/4" x 4 1/8"The rich patinas of much smoked old carved wooden pipes really do it for me, but even more so the face carved into this one, feeling as if having pushed itself to the surface, completely of it. A bit like a face on the moon. Really beautiful, subtle and very wise feeling, and the form of this pipe itself is really gorgeous too. A couple of splits in the wood here from age shrinkage, as evident, and with a piece of tin lining the bowl. I would guess