Hand Carved Meerschaum Pipe w/ Stand

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Hand Carved Meerschaum Pipe w/ Stand:
$115.00

The History of Meerschaum

The noble Meerschaum is unique among pipes. Its mysterious properties make it a

perfect smoke and, at the same time, a work of art; a pipe highly prized by

the Connoisseur and beginning smoker alike. Meerschaum is a German word

meaning sea foam. The geologist knows the light, porous Meerschaum as

hydrous magnesium silicate. The pipe smoker knows it as the perfect material

for providing a cool, dry, flavorful smoke. The mineral itself is the fossilized

shells of tiny sea creatures that fell to the ocean floor over 50 million years ago,

there to be covered and compressed over the ages by layer upon layer of silt.

Profound movements in the earths crust raised the creamy white stone of

Meerschaum above sea level. There men eventually discovered it and

created an incomparable pipe from it. The first record of Meerschaum as a

pipe dates from around 1723.

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