I was visiting some people today, and John showed me his Grandfather's piece here, which I assume is a cigar holder. I should have taken a few better photo's sorry.
The piece came from England to New Zealand in 1904, so it was from England sometime prior to 1904. And the grandfather was born in the 1870s, so I guess it would be 1890ish-1900ish?
It has an orific bit of course, in what I thought should be amber, but not certain. The smoking end is briar, but the main body is this shiny black material with knobbly details, maybe just hard wood polished up and blackened, or maybe a dark horn??? I could no see any sign of grain just with the naked eye.
The Grandfather also ran this cigar shop, this was his business card:
The piece came from England to New Zealand in 1904, so it was from England sometime prior to 1904. And the grandfather was born in the 1870s, so I guess it would be 1890ish-1900ish?
It has an orific bit of course, in what I thought should be amber, but not certain. The smoking end is briar, but the main body is this shiny black material with knobbly details, maybe just hard wood polished up and blackened, or maybe a dark horn??? I could no see any sign of grain just with the naked eye.
The Grandfather also ran this cigar shop, this was his business card: