Sold for $1,750

Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium

Lot Description

Great Lakes Steatite Pipe Bowl, with Catlinite and Lead Inlay

fourth quarter 19th century

T-shaped with pointed prow and lead star inlay; elongated conical bowl having checkered design

length 8-1/4 inches x height 4-1/4 inches

Collected by Paul Cowles (1945-2020), Rush, New York.

Cowles was a lifetime collector of First Nations Art and Artifacts, as well as fine firearms and other militaria and Americana. As a US Army Veteran serving in SE Asia in the early and mid-1960's many of his collecting interests revolved around the US military and sporting arms.

Condition Report

Has repair at prow.

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