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Ropp Alpine French Cherrywood Sitter Tobacco Pipe Wind Cap Unsmoked Vintage
Unsmoked vintage French Alpine/Tyrolean tobacco pipe attributed to Ropp, with a tapered flat-bottom sitter bowl, natural cherrywood shank, red-and-green cord wrapping/tassel, and hinged perforated metal wind cap.
• Maker: Attributed to Ropp
• Origin: France; marked “MADE IN FRANCE”
• Material: Cherrywood / natural wood
• Style: Alpine / Tyrolean sitter
• Bowl: Approx. 3” tall; tapered with flat base
• Wind cap: Hinged, ventilated decorative metal cap
• Condition: Completely unsmoked; clean chamber with no carbon, ash or tobacco residue. Light age/storage wear to wood and metal.
• Estimated period: c. 1960s–1970s
Ropp attribution is based on the French cherrywood construction and distinctive red/green wrapped shank and tassel seen on documented Ropp Alpine/Everest pipes. No separate Ropp stamp has been located.
