Gorgeous Ukrainian smoking pipe - author's signature

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Gorgeous Ukrainian wooden smoking pipe, signed by craftsman. This best quality wooden pipe was produced in Ukraine . This pipe is made from sweet cherries root, and equipped separated ebonite mouthpiece, so pipe can be cleaned very easily. A pipe is never used, its length 6 inches. Other dimensions is following: Length of bowl - about 1 1/4 inches; Width of bowl - about 1 1/4 inches; Height of bowl - about 2 1/4 inches; Inside bowl diameter - about 5/8 inches ( 1.7 cm); Inside height of bowl - about 1 3/4 inches. Pipe equipped with leattte pouch. Stands on photos are not for sale in this lot and can be purchased separately. Short history reference It is known, that the burnt clay was the most ancient material for making of smoking pipes. Clay smoking pipes were produced in England , France , and Italy . Smoking pipes from porcelain conquered popularity in XIX - beginning of XX age in middle Europe . On porcelain pipes some image was often placed: history episodes, pastoral subjects, even publicity pictures. True, porcelain pipes had two failing: fragility and bad porosity, such pipes baked a hand. But overwhelming part of smoking pipes - wooden. A tree for them is used most different, more frequent all hard dear breeds: cherry, nut, oak, ebony, and heather. Connoisseurs and veritable smokers consider that pipes from porcelain read more

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