Silver & Objects of Vertu - Day 2. - 23rd July 2020
Lot 912
A rare James I silver pipe
Estimate £1,500 - £2,000 | Hammer £3500
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Description
A rare James I silver pipe,
unmarked, circa 1620,
tapering circular bowl, the base scratch initialled 'I.H' within a pelleted circle, tapering stem, in a fitted case, together with a copy of a magazine article on the pipe, length 17.2cm, approx. weight 1.3oz. (2)
Provenance: from a Deceased Estate.
Sotheby's, London, Silver Sale, 24 April 1969, lot 215.
This pipe is written up and illustrated in the Apollo magazine, 'A rare James I silver Pipe', by Electius, Vol LXI, March 1955.