Antique French Clay Pipe 8

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After the reign of Napoleon, the French Clay Pipe was born. Romantic in design, inspired by Classical heroes and legends, the pipe bowl was sculpted as a miniature bust, fully dimensional and ready to be cast into brass in the early 19th century.
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Antique Clay Pipes
 
At the peak of the French Clay Pipe’s creation, fifty million were created per year out of one factory alone—yet due to their nature as a common use item, not many have survived the century in between. 
 
Read more about their unique history here!
 
Brocante & Antiques 
 
In a phrase, a brocante is elegant chaos.
 
Every week in Paris or scattered across the towns in Provence, you can walk onto the street just after sunrise and find rows of tables have suddenly appeared. Some might be sheltered with airy white awnings, others scattered across a worn blanket on the ground.
 
Priceless antiques may rest alongside aluminum charms, perfectly faded aprons, copper pots, or tintypes of people lost to time. They are an artist's dream, filled with well-crafted raw materials ready to be preserved or transformed into something new!
 
Our store seeks to preserve some small piece of this tradition in an array of French antiques Paula has collected over the years, which are then cleaned, researched, and named for you to peruse. Please enjoy a small selection of our current stock here!