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This wood pipe is carved with a scene of Árpád claiming the land. It is executed with minute attention to the details of the original lithograph by Geiger. The master craftsman was especially successful in the arrangement of the figures upon the cylindrical surface of the pipe head. The leaf ornamentation on the slender neck section is also delicate. Although the earliest of the graphic originals date from 1840s, this pipe was probably made in the late fifties and early sixties, when the Sunday periodical Vasárnapi Újság republished the prints. Our example’s cap is hallmarked with “Bartsch” and a Hungarian punch consisting of the Hungarian cross and number 13. Pure silver is 16 loth so 13 loth is .820 purity. | This wood pipe is carved with a scene of Árpád claiming the land. It is executed with minute attention to the details of the original lithograph by Geiger. The master craftsman was especially successful in the arrangement of the figures upon the cylindrical surface of the pipe head. The leaf ornamentation on the slender neck section is also delicate. Although the earliest of the graphic originals date from 1840s, this pipe was probably made in the late fifties and early sixties, when the Sunday periodical Vasárnapi Újság republished the prints. Our example’s cap is hallmarked with “Bartsch” and a Hungarian punch consisting of the Hungarian cross and number 13. Pure silver is 16 loth so 13 loth is .820 purity. | ||
<center><gallery widths=450px heights=500px caption"1850 Hungarian Kalmasche, courtesy Racine & Laramie Tobacconist"> | <center><gallery widths=450px heights=500px caption="1850 Hungarian Kalmasche, courtesy Racine & Laramie Tobacconist"> | ||
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