Cellini Original Smooth Bent Calabash Vulcanite Estate Pipe

Cellini Original in script on the shank: this is a Cellini calabash, a bent pipe in smooth finish with a few carved rustic touches, on a vulcanite saddle stem.

The saddle stem ends in a fishtail mouthpiece, and there is no filter. The stamp is small and soft in the side photograph, but Cellini and Original can be made out.

THE MARKS

- Cellini / Original (in script) stamped on the shank

The calabash shape takes its name from the gourd pipe, and like the gourd, a calabash bowl usually flares outward toward the rim. On this pipe the bowl is tall - 61 mm high and 44 mm wide - with a deep 50 mm chamber.

The finish is smooth, with birdseye grain showing on the side of the bowl. The decoration is a few carved rustic channels rather than an all-over rustication: one curves low across the side of the bowl, and a carved patch runs along the back of the bowl and onto the shank. The rim is smooth.

No date is given for this pipe.

Condition: previously smoked, in very good condition.

THE MEASUREMENTS

- Length: 147 mm (5.79 in)
- Bowl height: 61 mm (2.40 in)
- Bowl width: 44 mm (1.73 in)
- Chamber diameter: 20 mm (0.79 in)
- Chamber depth: 50 mm (1.97 in)
- Weight: 54 g (1.90 oz)

Ships from the Faridunhill archive. Worldwide shipping and professional sanitation on every estate pipe. SKU: 484