AUSTRIAN SILVER-MOUNTED Carved MEERSCHAUM 24” Pipe signed MENHARD.Horse,Man.1870

Description

Up for auction at the Grand Antique Mall located in Cincinnati, Ohio is an
antique intricately hand carved meerschaum pipe signed by J.N. Menhard that features a high-relief scene of St. Paul on the road to Damascus on its bowl, a stag horn mouth piece, a wind cap that appears to be sterling, and multiple hallmarks
. Circa: 1870 - 1880.
The pipe has a 24” long push-in stem.  Engraved on the top of the wind cap are the initials CK. Hallmarked twice on the piece are the letters FA; there is a hallmark with 4 letters (EVMI) on the bottom of the wind cap. On the wind cap top are 2 engravings of
VIIII
. Original rope is attached to a ring. Rare, museum quality pipe. Circa: 1887.
J.N. Menhard, 19th century Austrian artist, became famous for his carved meerschaum pipes. He won the "Medal of Merit" at the Vienna World Fair in 1873.  Museums throughout the world display Menhard’s brilliantly designed and carved pipes.
The German translation of MEERSCHAUM is “sea-foam”, as it was once believed that meerschaum was made of compressed whitecaps of waves. Meerschaum, of course, is a porous mineral composed of tiny sea creatures’ fossilized shells that fell to the ocean floor millions of years ago. The highest quality meerschaum is found in deposits only in one place in the world —  Eskisehir — in central Turkey.
Dimensions
:
Pipe length: 24”
Stem Lip: 2.5”
Weight
: .40 lbs
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