184 TOBACCO-PIPES, CIGARS, ETC. 



characteristic heads by the artists of Gambler' s manu- 

 factory. * The "Prince of Darkness" assumes various 

 forms, as he seems to be a favourite. Sin appears as a 

 lady of advanced years, with a tendency to embonpoint, 

 her hair flows into flame, horns bud from her fore- 

 head, and her necklace is composed of the skull and 

 crossbones ; the eyes are coated with glossy green 

 enamel, t 



Death we have already seen under one form ; but 

 there is a long pipe, stem and all of clay, where the 

 vertebrse are elongated down the stem, and the eyes 

 filled with a mass of glittering green glass ; the broken 

 teeth are covered with white enamel, and when the 

 skull is browned by use, nothing can be conceived 

 more ghastly than this pipe. Another, devoted to the 

 same grizzly subject, is termed the Car of Death; in 

 which the " King of Terrors " is taking his onward 

 course in a chariot, whose wheels are winged, the 

 postilion being a sinartty dressed skeleton also. 



Satirical pipes have been already alluded to. Gambier 

 has published an excellent one, in which a solemn old 



* He has produced the best and the largest works ; some of them are 

 admirably modelled, and deserve preservation as art-manufactures. A head 

 of Silenus is particularly good. Fiolet of St. Oiner is his only legitimate 

 rival, and he has executed a vast variety of designs, many exceedingly good. 

 Dumeril, who also has his works at St. Omer, has produced some character- 

 istic things, particularly some cheap pipes in red clay, covered with a 

 glaze which seems to have been suggested by the old Roman red pottery, 

 so constantly found wherever that ancient people stationed themselves. 



+ Enamel glazes of various colours are sparingly introduced in most of 

 these pipes, a general tinge of brown pervades the clay from the tobacco 

 oil in smoking, but the part coated with the colours is preserved from its 

 effects. A white enamel is constantly used for the eyes of these figures. 



