Name: The European Porcelain Tobacco Pipe
Brand: Schiffer
SKU: 9780764346460
Price: 36.99 GBP
Availability: InStock

The European Porcelain Tobacco Pipe

Illustrated History for Collectors

By (author): Ben Rapaport, By (author): Sarunas âSharkeyâ Peckus

Published by Schiffer

In Stock

£36.99

Format: Hardback
Pages: 160
Illustrations: 148 color photos
ISBN: 9780764346460
Publication Date: 28-Oct-2014

Subjects:
Antiques & collectables
Antiques & collectables: ceramics & glass

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Here is the first illustrated retrospective of the storied evolution and continental acceptance of the porcelain pipe. The history of these beautiful pipes is covered in over 145 brilliant photos and detailed, informative text, from their revolutionary introduction as early objets d'art to their eventual eclipse as twentieth century kitsch. While the history, manufacture, and use of clay, meerschaum, and briar tobacco pipes have been thoroughly documented, the authors have now crafted a chronicle about porcelain tobacco pipes. This pipe originated with an eighteenth-century, European design developed in France and in Germany and its production spanned roughly 250 years. Porcelain pipes for student life, sporting coats of arms, commemorating military campaigns, adorned with a wide range of flora and fauna, and much more are illustrated and described. Whether you are a pipe smoker, pipe collector, or someone who appreciates antique and vintage porcelain objects, this vivid narrative is a fascinating read.

Ben Rapaport, a Virginia resident, retired U.S. Army career officer, and currently working as a systems integrator for a high-tech defense firm, has been collecting antique pipes for 40 years. Although his collection includes examples from around the globe, he has a special fondness for pipes, cheroot holders, and cigarette holders of meerschaum made in the last half of the 19th century to early in the 20th century. He is the author of four books on collecting tobacciana and has co-authored several other works on related tobacciana subjects. He was initiated into the Pipe Smoker's Hall of Fame in 1973, elected as the U.S. founding member of the International Academy of the Pipe in 1985, and inducted as a ConfrÅ re Pipier of the Confrârie des MaÅ'tres Pipiers de Saint-Claude in 1991. He regularly writes for art journals and tobacco trade magazines about the lure and lore of tobacco collectibles. He believes that this latest written contribution to the collecting world will visibly

Dr. Sarunas Peckus, member of the International Academy of the Pipe and the ConfrÃ©rie de Jean Nicot, has been collecting antique pipes and tobacciana for over 30 years, has lectured on their history at various venues, and received the Directorâs Award for âoutstanding educational exhibitâ at the Chicagoland Pipe Collectors Club 2009 convention. Ben Rapaport, known globally as a tobacco pipe historian, is also a member of the International Academy of the Pipe, the ConfrÃ©rie des MaÃ®tres Pipiers de Saint-Claude, France, and recipient of âDoctor of Pipesâ achievement award. He contributes regularly to Pipes & Tobaccos magazine and occasionally to South Florida Opulence magazine.

"While the history, manufacture and use of clay, meerschaum and briar pipes have been thoroughly documented, the authors have now crafted a chronicle about porcelain tobacco pipes... For a pipe smoker, non smoker,. pipe collector or someone who appreciates antique and vintage porcelain objects, this is a fascinating read." - David Aldous-Cook, Antiques & Collectors Trader Sept 2015