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Polite notice- 1 of a number of antique 19th Century and vintage to modern smoking pipes I am currently selling which are made from Sepiolite in English and the German name for it is more widely used called MEERSCHAUM. In German it translates into " sea foam " which is a SOFT WHITE CLAY MINERAL and is often used to make tobacco pipes called " meerschaum pipes " or cigarette holders called " cheroot holders ".Found mainly in Turkey but there are some other European countries and America that have small areas of it too. Most antique meerschaum pipes will have been made in Vienna, Europe though using Turkish sea foam. It can be found floating on the Black Sea.Meerschaum has been used to make tobacco pipes from about 1723 and was found brilliant to absorb the moisture and tobacco tar and it soon took over clay being used for pipes. The older and more use a meerschaum pipe has had the darker the creamy white clay material goes.You can google many pages about this fabulous natural occurring soft clay mineral material.
These antique and vintage items made from sepiolite - meerschaum can be miss identified by people with little knowledge of the material. I have been collecting and dealing in antique meerschaum pipes for nearly 45 years and the usual people that have no idea what an item is made from are customs officers and certain folks at the global shipping program department that seem to think it is ok to confiscate these items pass through their shipping program. They are so miss informed of the actual material they are looking at. ALL these pipes and cheroots of mine are 100% legitimate natural clay material to be bought and sold on . They are NOT made of anything illegal. There must be an awfully large room full of mistaken identity antiques at the GSP headquarters in Lichfield as they really could do with a " course of common sense & identification of raw materials " which I would happily go down and teach the department what they are looking at. I am sick to the back teeth of ringing customer support and trying to explain to them about what antique and vintage items are made of and what they clearly are NOT made of.
At any time you will find at least 9000 meerschaum items listed on for sale available to the UK buyers from around the world which includes about 4500 pipes and cheroots.
Global Shipping Program does not allow sepiolite - sea foam - meerschaum items to be sent through their program as there is a miss guided department there which iscompletelyWRONG and miss informed about the natural soft clay mineral which these pipes are made from. They CONFISCATE the items and let the buyer know and refund them and then let the seller know and refund them as well. The seller does NOT got their item back and the buyer does NOT get the item sent onto them, which in my opinion is THEFT as the natural material is not a banned material. An administrator or head of department must have a really fabulous collection of antique carved pipes and cheroots which have been taken from the buyer with no good reason or explanation. So if you are a seller and reading this take my word for it do NOT send items like this using GSP as you will be disappointed with their shocking service. So these pipes and cheroots will be sent using Royal Mail or Parcel Force worldwide.Please note: I have added 17 photos to the bottom of this listing to try and show the item in as much detail as possible so please take the time to view them all carefully.
Here is an antique smokers cheroot in its original leather case.
The bowl of the pipe made from is Meerschaum and has been formed into the shape of two owls with beaded eyes.
Really fine carving and if you look from the back the rear owl is sat with its wings fully open shrouding the other one.
It has a Meerschaum cheroot end piece which I don't think is original to the pipe as it doesn't quite line up with the lining of the case? It has been on it a while though as its made its outline on the case. It is NO worse fort his if its a replacement in antiquity.
No maker's marks on the actual pipe.
The inner lid of the case is marked Finest Quality WHC and is also marked Vienna Made on the outer edge.
WHC is W.H. Carrington probably the retailer.
In collectable condition with normal signs of age and use wear.There are some fine chips here and there, mostly on the higher points of the design. The leather case has signs of wear on the inside and outside.Please see pictures for more details and visual confirmationof condition.
It measures approx. 4 and 3/4 inches long x 1 and 1/2 inches x 7/8 of an inch.
My stock ref: cheroot seeALL my other 6000+ itemsfor sale: please click on theVISIT SHOPor click"see other items", strangely both only have a limited view of what I have to offer on each platform so to see everything click onShop by Categorywhich will give you a much better view.Scale is usually an English 1 penny coin which is 20mm in diameter which is just short of 7/8ths of an inch in diameter, or a universal Coke can, and we all know how big those are.
MY TERMS AND CONDITIONS:
If you seeA/F = a/fin the title or description it means"as found"condition which may have scuffs, scratches and damage.
Postage / shipping -if you have bought a number of items,please wait for my combined shipping invoice before you payto save us both money. Payment within 3 days please as non payer alerts are automated after 6 days.
Shipping to European countries:I have taken the decision toKNOCK ALL SALES TO EUROPE ON THE HEADfrom today 12/11/21 due to me getting increasing numbers of items being stuck in CUSTOMS for weeks and months at the various countries namelyItaly - France - Spain - Germany - Netherlands.Since the UK left the EU some countries have penalised their people by adding the customs duty (IOSS and tariff codes) and by holding onto packages for up to 6 months (Italian buyer also telling me he paid customs when buying and his postal service wanted the same amount again before the item is delivered.. this isWRONG !) all this having a knock-on effect on me as the sender. I have got more"WHERE IS MY ITEM"disputes recently and the amount of items that eventually turn up is shocking. All this is out of my control so I will NOT be selling to buyers in certain EU countries, to save myself and buyers headaches and money in the long run.If you are a buyer from Europe andyou do NOT mind waiting longerfor your items, for customs and the postal services to get their finger out and deliver your items then please message me and I will happily sell you an item, on the proviso youdon'thold me responsible for theincompetenceof your owngovernmentdepartments.
If you have any questions, please contact me via messages.
I do accept returns which is14 dayson the antiques and second hand items I sell -NOT 30 days
Don't forget I offerCOMBINED SHIPPING if you WAIT for my invoicebefore you automatically pay after buying items.
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