A Complete Guide to Collecting Antique Pipes

A Complete Guide to Collecting Antique Pipes PDF Author: Benjamin Rapaport
Publisher: Schiffer Pub Limited
ISBN: 9780916838225
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 254

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Book Description
This book considers the history and development of the tobacco-smoking pipe as an art form and is an illustrated guide for pipe collectors. Fact and fancy, history laced with humor, and a chronological collection of pipes are shown in many styles, values, and materials including briars, corn cobs, meerschaum, porcelain, ivory, amber, silver, gold, semi-precious stones, and rare woods.