A leather tabako-ire (tobacco pouch) and kiseruzutsu (pipe case), and a brocade tabako-ire (tobacco pouch)


Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912)The first of textured leather, the large clasp formed as a lobster and shimekazari (straw decoration) in copper, gold and shakudo takazogan, the backplate indistinctly signed [][]taka and with a kao, the shibuichi and bamboo pipe decorated with peony blossoms in high and sunken relief; the second, a silk brocade pouch woven with floral patterns, the gold clasp designed as a spray of peonies (2) 8 3/4in (22.2cm) long, the pipe case