SOLD Very Intense,Very Smoked Antique Meerschaum Pipe Bowl with Black Glass Eyes and Evocative Repairs Japanese netsuke and Love by Byrom [this

and Love by Byrom [this was a much-loved poem of Spurgeon's]

13" l x 5 3/4" w x 1/2" d and in very good condition

--of our bespectacled man) and what a wonderful array of details and patterns packed into it

(They also make me want to start gathering feathers to make some of my own

SOLD Very Intense,Very Smoked Antique Meerschaum Pipe Bowl with Black Glass Eyes and Evocative Repairs Japanese netsuke and Love by Byrom [thisI am pretty certain this pipe bowl is 19th century meerschaum (meerschaum is a soft mineral called sepiolite, found in Europe, often carved into smoking pipes and other decorative objects) but the patina on it (if unsmoked it would appear white) is so dark (deeper than I have ever seen before), it is a bit hard to tell. And it is that near blackening from use, and the softening of the features from handling, and the wired repairs to the sides, that