Gorgeous 1950 Block Meerschaum Britain 1/2 Bent Billiard.
Item History & Price
Pipe length......5.60 inches Bowl height.....1.80 inches Internal bowl diameter......0.75 of an inch.
Full details of the pipe to follow later................
Thanks for looking and as usual I will combine postage if you buy more than one of my items from this auction. European tracked postage is £9.85 and for the rest of the world is £11.85......I have had to in...crease charges following Royal Mail price increases in April but will still combine any number of pipes for the price of one.On 20-Jul-19 at 08:28:06 BST, seller added the following information: This is a Gorgeous 1950s Jambo Genuine Block Meerschaum 1/2 Bent Billiard, Britain Made. Early this year I bought a collection of mostly Meerschaum Pipes from a wonderful gentleman of 83, all belonging to his father and uncle, not smoked and stored by him for well over 40 years. The very strong tobacco smell of the old hard case boxes despite cleaning attempts confirms the long storage!!! Although very dirty most of the pipes were in wonderful condition for their age, and have refurbished superbly. There is a close link between the London Meerschaum Company and Pomeroy Cooke of Northampton...the former importing Amboseli Meerschaum, the latter often providing the artisan carvers to produce Genuine Block Meerschaum Pipes and distribute them. These Jambo pipes were made between the late 1940s and the late 1990s when Amboseli Meerschaum supplies dried up, so this is a quite early example. The pipe is in beautiful almost MINT condition, the lovely golden patina you want to see present, the bowl rim perfect, and the stem a tight fit on the tenon. The case still smells strongly, but the pipe has been in it for over 50 years and more, so it is remaining with the pipe!!! The bowl was reamed and cleansed, the tenon and stem were fully sanitized to make the pipe ready to smoke as soon as you receive it, before the whole pipe was lightly polished and waxed (Beeswax helps the patina development of block meerschaum...the more you smoke it the better it gets) to give the wonderful finish you can see in the photos. The pipe draws and will smoke perfectly, sits so snugly in the hand, balanced and tactile.
Full details of the pipe to follow later................
Thanks for looking and as usual I will combine postage if you buy more than one of my items from this auction. European tracked postage is £9.85 and for the rest of the world is £11.85......I have had to in...crease charges following Royal Mail price increases in April but will still combine any number of pipes for the price of one.On 20-Jul-19 at 08:28:06 BST, seller added the following information: This is a Gorgeous 1950s Jambo Genuine Block Meerschaum 1/2 Bent Billiard, Britain Made. Early this year I bought a collection of mostly Meerschaum Pipes from a wonderful gentleman of 83, all belonging to his father and uncle, not smoked and stored by him for well over 40 years. The very strong tobacco smell of the old hard case boxes despite cleaning attempts confirms the long storage!!! Although very dirty most of the pipes were in wonderful condition for their age, and have refurbished superbly. There is a close link between the London Meerschaum Company and Pomeroy Cooke of Northampton...the former importing Amboseli Meerschaum, the latter often providing the artisan carvers to produce Genuine Block Meerschaum Pipes and distribute them. These Jambo pipes were made between the late 1940s and the late 1990s when Amboseli Meerschaum supplies dried up, so this is a quite early example. The pipe is in beautiful almost MINT condition, the lovely golden patina you want to see present, the bowl rim perfect, and the stem a tight fit on the tenon. The case still smells strongly, but the pipe has been in it for over 50 years and more, so it is remaining with the pipe!!! The bowl was reamed and cleansed, the tenon and stem were fully sanitized to make the pipe ready to smoke as soon as you receive it, before the whole pipe was lightly polished and waxed (Beeswax helps the patina development of block meerschaum...the more you smoke it the better it gets) to give the wonderful finish you can see in the photos. The pipe draws and will smoke perfectly, sits so snugly in the hand, balanced and tactile.
