Danish Estates: Kent Rasmussen Smooth Acorn (Two Star) (Unsmoked) Tobacco Pipe

Kent Rasmussen leverages his background in architecture and modern art to produce some of the most distinctive pipes in all of Denmark. His style reflects the Danish school's penchant for clean, efficient lines and supple curves, though Rasmussen renders all of his shapes through his personal creative prism, making his work unparalleled in the medium.

An eye-catching design, this piece pairs a tall, forward-canted bowl to an upturned shank and a demurely curved saddle stem. The bowl's active stance coupled with the shank and stem's rearward-climb lends the totality of the shape a dynamic appearance in profile. The bowl's elegant flare begins at the rounded, rearward-facing heel and terminates at the rim, which comes to a point at the fore of the composition. This unique shaping imbues the design with a distinctive angularity that reflects the sharp panels that grace all sides of the bowl. Dressed in a warm smooth finish, the stummel displays wealth of attractive grain.