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Monkey Pipe — 1940's-1950's (?) |
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MAKER | ||
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anonymous |
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| COUNTRY | |||
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Italy |
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| SHAPE | |||
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monkey
figural |
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| YEAR | |||
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1940's-1950's (?) |
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| HEIGHT | LENGTH | ||
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2 inches |
6 inches |
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| BOWL | WEIGHT | ||
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3/4 inch |
60.5 grams |
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| ACQUIRED | |||
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August 2008 |
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NOTES: |
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Monkey pipe figurals were mostly made from the late 1940's into the 1950's. Later examples came with plastic instead of glass eyes. There are smoke paths in the stummel so that smoke comes out of his/her ears when the cap is in place. |
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| INSCRIPTIONS | SHANK: "IMPORTED BRIAR / HAND CARVED [in oval]," "MADE IN ITALY" |
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