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Pipe. An ornate pipe, consisting of a white cup gripped by a hand with a shirt cuff joined on to the handle. The cup is labelled Presented by Queen Victoria to Her Commissioner Dr. Profeit at Balmoral. The pipe has a black leather case lined with green silk.
Pipe made in meerschaum in the shape of a hand holding an egg. The white egg forms the bowl of the pipe and the arm and wrist (honey-coloured meerschaum), the stem is made of amber. The handwritten label reads ' Presented by Queen Victoria to her…

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One of a group of 13 clay 'dregy' pipes, used at funerals. Six with trade marks. Bowl decoration, at the top: incised lines.

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Clay pipe, bowl decoration: portraits of King Edward 7 and Queen Alexandra.

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Snuff mull. A an oval shaped silver box set between the horns of a ram. The box has a thistle engraved on it and the initials PW.
Made from ram's horns and silver. Engraved with a thistle and letters P W.
Inscription: P W thistle

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Tobacco box. A round brass box with components on the lid shaped like a star and an anthropomorphic sun. The sun's rays are engraved onto the lid.
Shape: circular Lid decoration: sun & 2 stars. Has a secret locking mechanism to open lid.
Inscription: BY HAMMER AND HAND ALL ARTS DO STAND John Rinny 1755

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Made from horn, cork stopper at one end, tiny carved animal head with eyes, nose and ears in white at other end.

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