LOT 2997 Georgian Reversible-Headed Satirical Pipe Tamper
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18th-19th century AD. A brass pipe tamper comprising a balustered shank and disc; bifacial medallion based on designs taken from an anti-clerical print featuring to one face bust of the pope reversed to reveal a bust of Satan, legend 'Ecclesia perversa tenet facie diaboli', to the other face bust of a cardinal reversed to reveal a fool in jester's cap, legend 'sapientes stulti aliquando'. 30.8 grams, 7cm (2 3/4"). Property of a Nottinghamshire collector; acquired in the 1980s. This imagery deriving from the German Reformation resurfaced in England at the time of the anti-Catholic furore known as The Popish Plot (1680), but it seems likely that such items continued to be made throughout the 18 century. Fine condition.
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