An Enchanting Meerschaum Ring, formed as a Cherub sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles though slightly stiff

though slightly stiff

if a mirror has ever been sexy

with the sinuous and simple overall figure

the stained spindle backed chair of small proportions with shaped seat and H-shaped stretcher survives from the late Victorian period

An Enchanting Meerschaum Ring, formed as a Cherub sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles though slightly stiffOrigin: English Period: Mid Nineteenth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1850 Diameter: 2 cms Cherub Mask Height: 2cms Imaginatively adapted from a Meerschaum pipe, the cherub head is exquisitely hand carved, in the Gothic style, into a small ring; the strands of hair and facial features of the mask are all wonderfully rendered. There is some small amounts of damage to note, to the bridge of the nose and to the lower chin, but the whole is in good,