Large meerschaum long pipe with container for saliva and tube of horn, Denmark, 19th century.

Large meerschaum long pipe with container for saliva and tube of horn, Denmark, 19th century. Knob and curved tip of ebony. L .: 50 cm. Closing and fittings from fomerly silver-plated brass; Mater: Casper Herman (Torskler) Tørsleff (born about 1897 in Horsens, Denmark), later master of Thisted (Denmark) 1834-40, and then Aalborg (Denmark) where he died in 1863. The pipe was probably made in Aalborg. Stamped with master mark and 12 ½ bit purity because of former silver plating.