Early Figurative Meerschaum Pipe with Face, Legs and Deep Patina folding Stanley ruler note cards

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and both a fun and useful one

If not to be used as a trivet

and then on reverse just this funny little patch of colorful stitched blobs which just seem like a little flurry of exuberant moments

which became a force in the 1980s showing the "Pictures Generation" artists--Cindy Sherman

Early Figurative Meerschaum Pipe with Face, Legs and Deep Patina folding Stanley ruler note cardsA wonderfully weird antique figural meerschaum pipe bowl, with face of a woman peeking out like masthead at the front, and kicked up legs in what looks rather like a tutu poking out the back. Clearly this was much smoked, which turns meerschaum (made from the mineral sepiolite) from white to a rich caramel. Further, the wear to the front of the bowl makes it look as if our woman is wearing a Covid era mask! I believe this dates to the 1st half of the