Art Deco tobacco pipes

[Veronica Parra]

Thought you might like to see some of my Deco / Streamline Moderne / Machine Age pipes from the 1920s, '30s and '40s -- ranging from briarwood to bakelite and even aluminum. There are even some ladies' pipes (which tend to have tiny bowls) and several very geometric cigarette holders.

 

[Veronica Parra]

Some more pipes

 

[Veronica Parra]

A few more pipes ...

 

[Veronica Parra]

Last group of pipes ...

 

[Veronica Parra]

Forgot to show the ladies' pipes

This photo shows ladies' cigarette holders and ladies' pipes. The top two are bakelite cigarette holders; the bottom three are tobacco pipes.

 

[Mycroft]

Those are beatiful!! I love the metal ones at the top, where did you find them?

 

[Vladimir Berkov]

Have you tried smoking those aluminium ones? Do they get really, really hot on the outside?

 

[Mycroft]

Have you tried smoking those aluminium ones? Do they get really, really hot on the outside?

Maybe you could make coffee in them, just put some grains in the bowl and hold a match to the outside and sip.

 

[Veronica Parra]

Every one of those pipes have come from eBay over the past eight years. The aluminum ones take a long time to heat up, thanks to those "cooling grills" that "radiate heat away from the smoker" ... or so the advertisements claimed.

 

[PADDY]

Beautiful collection of historical pipes!

Art Deco / streamline pipes, my!! That polished aluminium and inlaid woods in those pipes seem to be a microcosim of the Art Deco genre/time! Absolutely gorgeous! The fine lady cigarette holders are just so cute and refined looking too, and the best part is that these 'today' look so unique. What a fine collection you are gathering. Do you have a special display box or even cabinet, so that visitors can see them? Or get one made, something that hangs of the wall and holds them. I still have my grandfather's old pipe display rack!
Really glad you have shared this one with us, as it's so unique!!

 

[Mycroft]

Hey have any you seen these in any movies or television? I'll ask my Grandpa since he used to smoke and he was in modern art circles.

 

[Feraud]

Thank you for sharing those pictures. They are wonderful looking pipes. I could not believe the aluminum ones! I have never seen that material used in a pipe.

You should display them if you do not already. That is a wonderful collection of pipes.

btw, No meerschaum?

 

[Veronica Parra]

Thanks to Mycroft, Paddy, "Comrade" Berkov, and Feraud for your interest!

You should display them if you do not already. That is a wonderful collection of pipes.

btw, No meerschaum?

DISPLAY CASE:

MEERSCHAUM DECO PIPES
(Note the Egyptian revival one at top):

A PIPE MADE FOR THE 1939 NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR:

WHEN PROPPED UP VERTICALLY, IT BECOMES -- TA DAA! -- THE FAIR'S TRYLON & PERISPHERE:

 

[Mycroft]

O MY GOD, YOU ARE A COLLECTOR !!!!!!!!!

 

[Veronica Parra]

Or obsessive! (Really the same thing.)

 

[PADDY]

Just in awe of this collection...

So Veronica, how did you become interested in collecting 'pipes' of all things? And what is your most cherished pipe out of the whole collection..and why..?

I just think it's brilliant that you have got such a lovely hobby!! I wonder what your husband thinks of his wife with all these men's pipes? haha.

Happy collecting (love the World's Fair one!!)

 

[Feraud]

beautiful!

 

[Chad Sanborn]

Your collection is "smoking"

Chad
forgive my bad pun

 

[Veronica Parra]

So Veronica, how did you become interested in collecting 'pipes' of all things? And what is your most cherished pipe out of the whole collection..and why..?

I became interested through Marc, my husband, who has collected pipes for 8 years or so. Like most ladies, I love the smell (if not the taste!) of aromatic tobacco. When I discovered that ladies' vintage pipes actually existed, I couldn't resist being eccentric and getting one ... and then another! Most of the pipes from my collection are ladies' pipes; the rest belong to Marc.

My most cherished ladies' pipe is also the most outrageous: a 1950s briar, factory painted in a shiny aqua green and inlaid with rhinestones. It's as '50s as you can get.

 

[Prairie Shade]

OUTSTANDING is an understatement!!! I really like the aluminum ones, who'd have thought!!! GREAT!!! I once had one with an aluminum stem and wooden bowl, I'm in awe!!!!!