Wonderful Antique Carved Wolf Head Pipe Bowl arts and crafts planter 6" tall x 5 3/8"

6" tall x 5 3/8" x 5 3/4"

but several balls are missing numbers

who has been collecting tramp art since the 1970s or so and written a lot about tramp art too

amid which this print would certainly feel quite at home

The reverse side reveals that this Ruby Rub Oil Metal Polish was manufactured by Hinds and Coon of Boston

Wonderful Antique Carved Wolf Head Pipe Bowl arts and crafts planter 6" tall x 5 3/8"I take this as a wolf with those exposed teeth, though I suppose it could be an especially ferocious dog! Whatever the case, quite a beautiful pipe bowl I'd say, which looks to have been carved from burl wood to me which gives the wonderful effect of a curly mane. Most definitely it was used, with blackening around and inside the opening of the bowl and a rich patina everyone else. 19th c. I believe and very lovely. 2 3 4 l x 2 t X 1 3 4 w, and nice