France, Kingdom. A Carved Meerschaum Pipe with Silver Mountings, by E.W, c.1825 GTRexclude numbered "1186" on the edge

numbered "1186" on the edge

maker marked “Wernstein Jena” on reverse

maker marked "DRAGO PARIS" and coded "A 688" on the reverse

VIII - A Word for the Collector

with piece of original ribbon

France, Kingdom. A Carved Meerschaum Pipe with Silver Mountings, by E.W, c.1825 GTRexclude numbered "1186" on the edgeA lovely silver mounted Meerschaum pipe, with a delicately and meticulously carved, the bowl presenting a right facing eagle with open wings amongst a trophy of arms in the background, and a shielded N below the eagle, the shank features clusters of three small hashmarks creating a lightly textured field, the silver mountings present a single hinged cover with relief around the edges and the cuff is also reinforced and finished with a silver ring with