I can ship this nice original pipe stand anywhere outside of the USA using Priority Mail International from the United States Postal Service.

     This very special pipe stand incorporates a pewter model of a 1901 Packard Model C automobile. It appears to be a very accurate model of that automobile except for 2 features. The original 1901 Packard had the steering wheel on the right side rather than on the left side like this model has. The 1901 Packard featured tall wire wheels rather than the smaller wood artillery wheels that are on this model.

     The car model on this pipe stand measures         " long by      " wide and        " high. If you are a Packard fan and not a smoker, it would not be difficult to carefully cut the pipe stand loose from the left side of the car model. 

     So how do I know this is a model of a 1901 Packard Model C rather than a model of a generic brass era horseless carriage automobile you might ask? The four reasons are listed below:

     1. Packard introduced the steering wheel to the automotive industry in 1901 on their Model C. 

     2. The early Packards had a very distinctive tansverse leaf front spring suspension like this model has.

     3. The style of the body and dash on this model matches the 1901 Packard Model C.

     4. The pair of vertical rectangles on the back of the body of this model match the louvers on the back of the 1901 Packard Model C body.

     I don't know who made this assembly or when it was made. The only marking on it is in tiny letters on the bottom and it says "Des Pat Pending" which means that the design patent was applied for and not finished yet. I am guressing it was made sometime in the later 1940's through the later 1950's when pipe smoking was more popular. 

     I am confident that if the Packard Motor Company had this built for them, it would have had wheels that resembled wire wheels rather than wood artillery wheels and that the steering column and wheel would have been on the correct or right hand side.   

     This assembly was made from three separte parts, two of which were attached to the basic car model. The steering wheel and column were cast as an assembly and later inserted into a hole in the floor board. The pipe stand was cast in one piece and later soldered to the left side of the basic car model. I am not sure what alloy was used to make this assembly. It has a pewter look to it but I suspect it was cast from another allow and a pewter colored finish appied after assembly.  

     This model was made using the slush cast process where a relatively low melting temperature metal was poured into a female rubber mold. The cavity in the rubber mold was filled and left for a certain amount of time allowing for a metal shell to form along the inside of the rubber mold surface. The mold was then turned over so that the remaining molten metal could run out of the hole in the bottom of the mold. After the metal model cooled enough to solidify, the rubber mold was then peeled off of the outside of the metal model. The fiberous material on the bottom of this model fills the hole where the metal was poured into and later out of the mold. 

     If you are into early single cylinder Packard automobiles, this would look very nice in your automobilia collection. If you collect promotional model cars, this would not look out of place in your collection. This may be the only opportuninty you will ever have to buy on of these so you might do well to give some very serious thought to buying this very interesting pipe stand.  

     I may add more informtion so please check this listing oftern. The last 3 photos of this listing show the full sized 1901 Packard autombile for your reference only. Please notice the very special transverse leaf front suspensions system and the two groups of louvers on the back of the body. Neither the photos nor the full sized 1901 Packard automobile are part of this listing. Thanks a lot, Bob Woodburn in Bozeman Montana USA