Stunning Antique Meerschaum Hand Holding Pipe Bowl for the artist The acid yellow adhered die-cut

The acid yellow adhered die-cut lettering ranges from glowing to pale

I find things like this just amazing

with red shadowing the yellow on Schortmann and the great "anything

following the release of Walt Disney's Pinocchio in 1940

wonderfully aged paint and wood

Stunning Antique Meerschaum Hand Holding Pipe Bowl for the artist The acid yellow adhered die-cutI find this late 19th century pipe bowl such a beautiful thing, all the better for being freed from the pipe stem, such that it can be displayed with this beautiful hand draping over top of the bowl. It was quite finely carved of the mineral sepiolite, also known as Meerschaum, which was prized as the perfect material for making pipes as it provided a cool, dry, flavorful smoke. Meerschaum is white to begin with, and from what I understand its color