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Post by rectifythis on Aug 25, 2022 19:44:37 GMT -5
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Post by terrapinflyer on Aug 25, 2022 20:00:55 GMT -5
#AntiquesRoadshow
I have no information for you, but that looks familiar somehow.
I'm curious, too!
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Post by trailboss on Aug 25, 2022 20:05:07 GMT -5
To me the stag head looks like a tobacco container, many pipe smokers back then found a blend they liked and that was all they smoked.
Guessing that the large brass tray was for containing your mess when filling the pipe and maybe holding the tamper and matches. If it was used as an ashtray, I would think it would show signs of it being so.
Guesses on my part.
Cool stuff!
Edit: Upon a closer look, it looks like the stag container was used as an ashtray with the creosote looking buildup.
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Post by rectifythis on Aug 25, 2022 20:27:48 GMT -5
To me the stag head looks like a tobacco container, many pipe smokers back then found a blend they liked and that was all they smoked. Guessing that the large brass tray was for containing your mess when filling the pipe and maybe holding the tamper and matches. If it was used as an ashtray, I would think it would show signs of it being so. Guesses on my part. Cool stuff! Edit: Upon a closer look, it looks like the stag container was used as an ashtray with the creosote looking buildup. The mobile Stag head chamber is very small. Like the size of a bowl on a freehand. Edit: it's 1.25 deep and 1.25 wide. |
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Post by Silver on Aug 25, 2022 21:31:08 GMT -5
I don't know, but it's an interesting and cool piece.
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Post by daveinlax on Aug 25, 2022 21:46:49 GMT -5
To me the stag head looks like a tobacco container, many pipe smokers back then found a blend they liked and that was all they smoked. Guessing that the large brass tray was for containing your mess when filling the pipe and maybe holding the tamper and matches. If it was used as an ashtray, I would think it would show signs of it being so. Guesses on my part. Cool stuff! Edit: Upon a closer look, it looks like the stag container was used as an ashtray with the creosote looking buildup. I think it’s a snuff box.  |
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Post by Gypo on Aug 25, 2022 21:56:44 GMT -5
Very cool piece quarter sawn oak perhaps. Maybe very early craftsman style simple square lines post Victoria and pre art deco. I am the farthest thing from knowledge on these maters just take an interest in them. You are very fortunate to have this piece of history.
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Post by JimK on Aug 25, 2022 22:26:45 GMT -5
I've never seen anything like it. Pretty nifty, though.
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Post by username on Aug 25, 2022 22:30:47 GMT -5
Could the stag head be a match holder?
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Post by rectifythis on Aug 25, 2022 22:38:20 GMT -5
Could the stag head be a match holder? It's too shallow to hold a match. Based on the heavy material, brass lining and the size, I suspect that it is to dump your bowl and snuff any coals. |
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Post by rectifythis on Aug 25, 2022 22:40:54 GMT -5
Edit: Upon a closer look, it looks like the stag container was used as an ashtray with the creosote looking buildup. I looked closer and it looks more like rust |
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Post by sperrytops on Aug 26, 2022 10:30:19 GMT -5
Unique piece, old, and in very good condition. The brass tray in the middle is a mystery.
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Post by rectifythis on Aug 26, 2022 13:13:41 GMT -5
Unique piece, old, and in very good condition. The brass tray in the middle is a mystery. Brass tray would be the equivalent of our leather tobacco tray to load a pipe. This tray even comes out to dump. |
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Post by trailboss on Aug 26, 2022 13:29:10 GMT -5
To me the stag head looks like a tobacco container, many pipe smokers back then found a blend they liked and that was all they smoked. Guessing that the large brass tray was for containing your mess when filling the pipe and maybe holding the tamper and matches. If it was used as an ashtray, I would think it would show signs of it being so. Guesses on my part. Cool stuff! Edit: Upon a closer look, it looks like the stag container was used as an ashtray with the creosote looking buildup. I think it’s a snuff box. Maybe for Jimmy Durante!😉 |
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Post by Zach on Aug 26, 2022 19:16:52 GMT -5
A very cool pipe stand! Other than a very tiny snuff box, I'm thinking the deer head was possibly a form of a small tinder box. You'd keep your tinder starter material in the drawer rather than in the deer head, and then you'd start some material in it to light pipes or cigars. Could be entirely wrong, but I'd also assume the deer theme plays along with this having been a little smoking station in a hunting lodge somewhere.
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Post by swampgrizzly on Aug 26, 2022 21:44:42 GMT -5
This stand or one identical to it has appeared in a pipe/tobacco forum before (not necessarily the Briar Patch since I read other P&T forums as well) sometime in the last few years. I recall that postings related to it at that time included speculation that it wasn't even a smoking stand at all. The most likely non-smoking stand speculation was that it was a stand used at a fraternal order lodge. With the elk heads on this stand then it may have been associated with the Order of Elks. If it was a stand used at a fraternal order lodge possibly it had a role in initiation ceremonies.
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Post by rectifythis on Aug 26, 2022 22:10:20 GMT -5
This stand or one identical to it has appeared in a pipe/tobacco forum before (not necessarily the Briar Patch since I read other P&T forums as well) sometime in the last few years. I recall that postings related to it at that time included speculation that it wasn't even a smoking stand at all. The most likely non-smoking stand speculation was that it was a stand used at a fraternal order lodge. With the elk heads on this stand then it may have been associated with the Order of Elks. If it was a stand used at a fraternal order lodge possibly it had a role in initiation ceremonies. Fascinating. I didn't even know an elk lodge existed. I don't see any other corroborating symbols though. And all the decorative pieces are contiguous, and there are 4 holders that would seem to be for pipes. |
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Post by urbino on Aug 27, 2022 1:44:06 GMT -5
I didn't know elk smoked. What's their pipe loading method?
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Post by sperrytops on Aug 27, 2022 12:37:41 GMT -5
How tall is it? Off the floor.
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Post by trailboss on Aug 27, 2022 12:44:44 GMT -5
Kind of a bummer that the one antler was shed somewhere in the past, still pretty cool though.
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Post by rectifythis on Aug 27, 2022 16:30:18 GMT -5
How tall is it? Off the floor. After you asked this, I expected it to be 33 inches tall. Alas, it is not. It's about 30. And 12x12 wide. |
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Post by gav on Aug 28, 2022 7:41:21 GMT -5
I suspect the elk heads were added afterwards. Doesn't really fit with the style of the stand
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