Monkey Pipe — 1940's-1950's (?)

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MAKER

anonymous

COUNTRY

Italy

SHAPE

monkey figural
blue glass eyes

YEAR

1940's-1950's (?)

HEIGHT LENGTH

2 inches

6 inches

BOWL WEIGHT

3/4 inch

60.5 grams

ACQUIRED

August 2008

NOTES:

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.

INSCRIPTIONS SHANK: "IMPORTED BRIAR / HAND CARVED [in oval]," "MADE IN ITALY"