I saw this pipe last night while looking through the pipes on EBay. It is a new pipe. I love this pipe’s shape, lines, rim chamfer, Cumberland stem, grain, stain, size. The only thing that I did not like, and what keeps me from buying it is the price.
<<The Imperial Dragon pipes have been created and manufactured as limited edition pipes to inform about the importance of the Imperial Dragon to Chinese and East Asian history and culture.
It is fitted with a precious metal & precious gemstones windshield in form of a remarkably detailed hand-sculptured Imperial Dragon and also is mounted with an engraved precious metal band.
The highly collectable Imperial Dragon pipes are presented in a prestigious leather-bound book and come with hand-signed limited edition certificates.
In terms of limited edition serial numbers, all numbers containing a digit “4” have been excluded and all number “1” pipes will remain in the White Spot archive in London and are not for sale. These editions are strictly limited to world-wide only>>
I bought this years ago @ an Antique Mall. No markings on the pipe, but the case has a triangle w/ WDC & Bakelite on the stem area.The bowl is briar and the rest is Bakelite. It is very delicate. The bottom of the threaded bowl, looks like glass was melted on it . Anyone know anything about it??
Some of those old pipe bowls were made out of asbestos. That old pipe is from the William Demuth Company. I have quite a few WDC’s in my collection, none like that however. My WDC’s probably number second to my Peterson’s in my collection.
I would make a guess at 1910-1930’s. Bakelite was patented in 1907 or there about and I think it was losing it’s appeal for pipes by the late 30’s to early 40’s, although it was still used for stems, and is still used sometimes today, but mostly for embellishments. WDC was mostly done by the mid 60’s to early 70’s, but some “Wellington” pipes were still produced after that, up into the 80’s. Reference: Pipedia
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One of us was smoking a straight version on Zoom last night.
Yes it was. Good eye; good memory!
Looks like it would be a good flake pipe.
https://www.smokingpipes.com/smokingpipesblog/single.cfm/post/the-sacred-calumet-pipe
Here is the what the header listing from EBay says.
BRB Pipes pickaxe pipe.
https://www.alpascia.com/en/product/46368/dunhill-the-imperial-dragon-br
<<The Imperial Dragon pipes have been created and manufactured as limited edition pipes to inform about the importance of the Imperial Dragon to Chinese and East Asian history and culture.
It is fitted with a precious metal & precious gemstones windshield in form of a remarkably detailed hand-sculptured Imperial Dragon and also is mounted with an engraved precious metal band.
The highly collectable Imperial Dragon pipes are presented in a prestigious leather-bound book and come with hand-signed limited edition certificates.
In terms of limited edition serial numbers, all numbers containing a digit “4” have been excluded and all number “1” pipes will remain in the White Spot archive in London and are not for sale.
These editions are strictly limited to world-wide only>>
German Estates: Vauen Pursime Partially Sandblasted Freehand (9mm) (Unsmoked)
https://www.smokingpipes.com/pipes/estate/germany/moreinfo.cfm?product_id=366196http://eliesfreehandpipes.com/z2011_3.html
There are some pretty wild pipes on that site.
http://eliesfreehandpipes.com/Archive.html
Any idea how old it is?
I would make a guess at 1910-1930’s.
Bakelite was patented in 1907 or there about and I think it was losing it’s appeal for pipes by the late 30’s to early 40’s, although it was still used for stems, and is still used sometimes today, but mostly for embellishments. WDC was mostly done by the mid 60’s to early 70’s, but some “Wellington” pipes were still produced after that, up into the 80’s. Reference: Pipedia