19th C. Meerschaum Pipe with Figurehead-esque Female Bust 2 pound weight and "Abandon Evil Company" (in

and "Abandon Evil Company" (in wonderful gothic lettering) are pages of individual letters and numbers and

3 1/4" t x 1 11/16" w x 1 9/16" d and in good

It's a 19th century folk art decorated powder horn

First image is a composite

6 1/8" in diameter

19th C. Meerschaum Pipe with Figurehead-esque Female Bust 2 pound weight and "Abandon Evil Company" (inWhile I pass most by most, occasionally I come across on antique meerschaum pipe that I really fall in love with, and this is very much one of those. What a face! She looks to me rather like a lioness, and a bit of a sphynx too, and she's arched like the figurehead of a ship, with little cluster of flowers at the tip of the bow. My guess is earlier than later 19th c. on her, but I'm not an expert. (Meerschaum pipes were carved of the mineral