19th C. Meerschaum Pipe with Figurehead-esque Female Bust 2 pound weight First image is a composite

First image is a composite

3 1/4" t x 1 11/16" w x 1 9/16" d and in good

and sharing of woes

12" x 9" x 7/8"

6 1/8" in diameter

19th C. Meerschaum Pipe with Figurehead-esque Female Bust 2 pound weight First image is a compositeWhile I pass most by most, occasionally I come across on antique meerschaum pipe that I really fall in love with, and this is very much one of those. What a face! She looks to me rather like a lioness, and a bit of a sphynx too, and she's arched like the figurehead of a ship, with little cluster of flowers at the tip of the bow. My guess is earlier than later 19th c. on her, but I'm not an expert. (Meerschaum pipes were carved of the mineral