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1800"s European Clay Tavern Pipes (3)

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:50.00 USD Estimated At:100.00 - 300.00 USD
1800 s European Clay Tavern Pipes (3)
Offered in this lot are three early 1800’s clay pipes from Europe. One pipe is marked "Glasgow W. White", one is marked "CG", and one is marked "Hanley & Co". No one knows for sure who made the first clay pipes. By 1558, tobacco smoking had been introduced to Europe. The European pipe-making industry grew quickly to satisfy the growing demand of people, including women and children, to take up the art of “tobacco drinking”, as it was then called. Two of the pipes have "spurs" for the pipe to rest upright on (the other pipe does not); the CG marked pipe does show a repair. The pipes measure 4 1/2" to 5" long and 1 3/4" to 2 1/4" tall.