Danish Estates: Tom Eltang Smooth Natural Apple with Bamboo (Snail) (2023) (Unsmoked) Tobacco Pipe
Product Number: 004-001-35236
Tom Eltang is one of Denmark's most well-respected artisans, his style often typified by works that lean heavily on the Danish Functionalist aesthetic, prioritizing clean lines and functionality above any extra ostentations. This Apple is a great example of that style, one whose visual weight is focused almost entirely on the bowl and which showcases an even, proportional curvature about its silhouette that keeps the eye drawn to the expertly rendered shape. Though the main object of the Apple's crafted contours is the bowl, in this example, Eltang has extended the shank with a length of bamboo that stylistically extends the curvature of the bowl through the aft side, especially as this example's three rounded knuckles flow toward the stem. This length of bamboo is significant, extending an extremely short shank that tapers quickly out of a wide transition, meeting the bamboo at a black band of vulcanite. The rhythmic stretch of bamboo reaches out to meet a slim, tapering stem of vulcanite that matches the band near the transition, maintaining an impressively consistent slenderness throughout the aft side. The transition is shaped with a flowing bit of curvature that complements the trajectory of the bowl's walls, smoothly flowing into the aft as the heel curls evenly to form the fore. The walls flare out to a low-set waistline that's canted forward at a jaunty angle, and from here, the walls make an arcing taper to the rim while maintaining the waist's jaunty forward cant. Softly rounded and alluringly supple, the bowl is shaped with plenty of attention to its contours, and the smooth, natural stain dressing the stummel reveals a wrapping pattern of dense flame grain.
-John McElheny







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$1,800.00Measurements & Other Details
CONDITION:
Unsmoked
STAMPING:
(Snail Stamp)
- Length: 5.96 in./151.38 mm.
- Weight: 1.20 oz./34.02 g.
- Bowl Height: 1.66 in./42.16 mm.
- Chamber Depth: 1.36 in./34.54 mm.
- Chamber Diameter: 0.75 in./19.05 mm.
- Outside Diameter: 1.71 in./43.43 mm.
- Stem Material: Vulcanite
- Filter: None
- Shape: Apple
- Finish: Smooth
- Material: Briar
- Country: Denmark