Gentleman's Pipes

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Primitive figural pipe:

Primitive, figurative, unknown-make, vintage, carved wooden estate pipe with wooden stem. I picked up this unique decorative, primitive style carved pipe many years ago in a vintage lot of mid century pipes and older. It seems like cherry wood but I dont really know... I later found similar ones made in Italy/Germany (Alpine?). I have only displayed it, never smoked it, but it has been