A large Debrecen-style meerschaum pipe with a 950-thousandth - Lot 139

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A large Debrecen-style meerschaum pipe with a 950-thousandth - Lot 139
A large Debrecen-style meerschaum pipe with a 950-thousandths silver mount, openworked with interlacing patterns and fine rows of pearls; the lid handle is fruit-shaped, and the small stem is adorned with foliage. The ebony shank is accented with fillets and minute ivory discs; the turned end has a profile that, under raking light, casts a shadow evoking an anamorphic silhouette; the articulated mouthpiece is made of bone or shark vertebrae. Master silversmiths: Bernard ADOUR & Jacques-Dominique GAUTIER. Work from the Rhône department, inspired by Austro-Germanic styles, early 19th century. First rooster hallmark within a double-beveled oval and number 1 (1803–1809). Medium-guarantee hallmark, number 80. 64 x 7 x 17 cm. (Restorations and a small crack in the sea foam). Note: This pipe is interesting for several reasons. First, the anamorphic profile on the shank of our pipe can be compared to the so-called “seditious” pipes that appeared during the Revolutionary period. However, no identical pipes have been found. Second, the silver mount clearly reveals hallmarks that attribute the work to the silversmiths ADOUR and GAUTIER, who are listed in the Tarbes and Bagnères-de-Bigorre, whereas the hallmark bearing the number 80 corresponds to the Lyon region. Finally, the pipe type itself, known as a “Debrecen,” is of Hungarian or, more generally, Germanic origin. We are therefore dealing with a curious object that appears to be of Central European origin, produced by silversmiths from the Tarbes region, inspected by a hallmark office in the Rhône, and concealing a seditious message.
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