Two Staffordshire Pearlware Pipes

Description:

Two Staffordshire Pearlware Pipes, England, c. 1800, each with Pratt-type underglaze enamels, one with Napoleon's head atop a scrolled stem, the bowl designed as a bird's head and beak feeding a sea creature, lg. 7 5/8; the other elaborately scrolled and coiled, the molded bowl with a child to either side, lg. 13 1/2 in.
Estimate $1,200-1,800

Napoleon: Slight edge nicks; either tip of hat with slight chip.
Snake: In very good condition throughout.


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