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European Porcelain Tobacco Pipe
Peckus, Sarunas; Rapaport, Benjamin
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Description for European Porcelain Tobacco Pipe
Num Pages: 160 pages, 148 color photos. BIC Classification: 1D; WCN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 288 x 228 x 17. Weight in Grams: 1038.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Atglen, United States
ISBN
9780764346460
SKU
V9780764346460
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-2
About Peckus, Sarunas; Rapaport, Benjamin
Dr. Sarunas Peckus, member of the International Academy of the Pipe and the Confrérie 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 Director’s Award for “outstanding educational exhibit” at the Chicagoland Pipe Collectors Club 2009 convention. Ben Rapaport, known globally as a tobacco ... Read more
Reviews for European Porcelain Tobacco Pipe
"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