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Vercingetorix as seen by ...
In the 50's Sommer used to carve pipes for Dunhill. Compare this Vercingetorix (Gallic -or Gaulish- chieftain) head distributed by Dunhill with the carved pipe sold by Sommer below.
▼ Sommer's Vercingetorix pipe: identical to Dunhill's
The pipe below has been crafted in the 1920s. Although not stamped, it can be surely attributed to Louis Lamberthod, pipe maker in Saint Claude (France). A rather refined face for a barbarian. ▼
Lamberthod's Vecingetorix pipe has been carved by a reproducing machine he had invented. The pipes were finished by hand.
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As seen by Mastercraft the Vercingetorix pipe wrongly becomes a Viking's head. Note that Vikings never wore helms with wings. ▼
Sommer's Vercingetorix model has often been copied. The noname pipe below displays a more superficial execution compared to the first. The decorative patterns have been simplifyed, the forehead lock disappeared ▼
The same model by Butz Choquin. No ears, less moustache and a crinkly face ▼
A poor Courrieu version of the Vercingetorix pipe. ▼
Altough this meershaum pipe has no markings it comes with a custom-made box marked with a Dunhill patent # (
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The winged helm is a screw-in bowl. ▼
More details...).The winged helm is a screw-in bowl. ▼
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A Vecingetorix briar pipe by Dunhill here
A cheap Vercingetorix meerschaum pipe ▼
▲ The painting layer badly simulates the amber coloration meerschaum use to get in the course of time.
This miserable procedure was often used by Wally Frank (this pipe).
This miserable procedure was often used by Wally Frank (this pipe).
▼ Note the natural color gradation on this Vercingetorix head. The impressive, windswept moustach of the Gallic chieftain gives this composition an undeniable vigour.
▼ One more windswept moustache. But this time it breaks the face symetry. To enrich the character the meerschaum carver decked Vercingetorix with a lot of attributs which would raise any archeologist eyebrows.
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