An ivory and silver pipe made by Tiffany New York in 1890, a gift from Richard Everard Webster (1st Viscount Alverstone, British politician and lawyer) to Jacob M. Gordin, a Russian Jewish lawyer living in America.

The silver bowl decorated with acanthus leaves closes with an openwork lid held by a silver chain linked to the mouthpiece of the pipe.

The pipe is engraved with the inscription: "REA to JUG".

The twisted ivory stem ends in a silver mouthpiece entirely carved with acanthus leaves and an ivory mouthpiece.

Reference: illustrated in the book "Antique Pipes" by Ben Rapaport page 178.

Provenance : ex Heidi collection

Dimension: length of 23 cm.

USA circa 1890.  

Reference : D/DB91

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