Among the most exquisite and artistic smoking pipes are those embellished with magnificently carved bowls fashioned from meerschaum. The word ”meerschaum” is German in origin and means sea ...

Meerschaum is largely used in Germany in the manufacture of tobacco pipes, which are held there in even higher esteem than the large, decorated china pipes with betasseled stems. View Full Article ...

However, while meerschaum lent itself to beautiful ornamentation ... a pipe with just the right amount of tobacco. And while pipe smoking has long since given way to cigars and cigarettes ...

For many years, elegant meerschaum smoking pipes have been created by fine artists who also produce unusual pipes for collectors. One of the most popular pipe patterns is the Sherlock Holmes-Dr ...

a pipe just like the one I was after, available for purchase on a website called Meerschaum Market. I reached out and asked if the site had sold Ineson’s pipe. A few hours later, I received a ...

Material: While tobacco-specific pipes are made of briarwood, meerschaum, or corncob, the other kind of pipes are typically made of glass, ceramic, or metal. Glass is the most common, lending a ...

(“Meerschaum” is German for “sea foam ... and he was the one who turned MacArthur on to pipe smoking,” Morgan said. Morgan said MacArthur’s famous pipe was a “Grandpa” model ...