A quarter of the way through this bowl of Wilke Rum Cake in a 1976 black rough carved Pioneer Meerschaum Oom Paul with a pearl brown acrylic saddle stem. Have enough left for one more bowl.
Yes, he was heartbroken and that sad event was reported as the main reason for the sale.House of Pipes in Bramber, Sussex. I loved that place. First visited there in the mid 1970s. The owner always reminded me of Benny Hill. He had some lovely examples of meerschaum skull pipes that I believe were stolen in the mid 1980s.
He also had one of Stanley Baldwins pipes and a very clever pipe made of bamboo that was put together by a British P.O.W in a Japanese camp. His meerschaum skull pipe collection were apparently so anatomically perfect that they were very popular with doctors during Victorian times.Yes, he was heartbroken and that sad event was reported as the main reason for the sale.
Apart from the auction catalogues you might find these articles in one of my miscellaneous albums interesting.House of Pipes in Bramber, Sussex. I loved that place. First visited there in the mid 1970s. The owner always reminded me of Benny Hill. He had some lovely examples of meerschaum skull pipes that I believe were stolen in the mid 1980s.