Danish Estates: S. Bang Smooth Billiard with Silver (A) (PH) Tobacco Pipe

Product Number: 004-001-35383

Per Hansen and Ulf Noltensmeier were the sole artisans employed by Svend Bang in his eponymous workshop for almost 50 years, starting in 1970 and producing pipes of superlative quality until their simultaneous retirement in 2019. As such, their work has now become extremely rare and, due to their exemplary smoking qualities and stunning beauty, supremely collectible, though, looking at this straight Billiard from Per Hansen, it's not hard to see why.

Compared to the majority of other chart-standard pieces from the S. Bang workshop, this Billiard is a hearty, boldly proportioned pipe with a tall, robust bowl that offers an appreciable presence in hand. The proportions of this pipe are neoclassical in profile, with the bowl standing out as the visual center of the composition and immediately drawing the eye to the fore. The transition is wide, with ample space available to drape a digit if necessary, and it features a slight bit of cheeking that emphasizes some of the bowl's curves near the heel. The transition gives way to an understatedly compressed shank whose ovoid shape reaches out to meet a tapering vulcanite stem at a silver-wrapped junction, the broad fitment of the precious metal granting this composition a wealth of handsome contrast.

Up front, the bowl stands on a rounded heel, its supple shaping naturally giving way to sleekly tapering walls that make a slight arc as they diminish toward the subtly domed rim. This slight, Brandy-esque taper is iconic to the Danish Billiard, and it's especially visible here, as emphasized by the bowl's nearly two-and-a-half-inch height and subdued forward cant. Dressed in a warm, chestnut-toned smooth finish, the stummel showcases handsome grain throughout, with flame lining the shank and surrounding the walls of the bowl, while birdseye dapples the rim and underside.

-John McElheny
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Measurements & Other Details


CONDITION:
Mild Chamber Carbonizing Small Scratches Around The Bowl

STAMPING:
S. BANG
KOBENHAVN
HANDMADE
IN DENMARK
A
PH
  • Length: 6.05 in./153.67 mm.
  • Weight: 2.54 oz./72.12 g.
  • Bowl Height: 2.47 in./62.74 mm.
  • Chamber Depth: 2.14 in./54.36 mm.
  • Chamber Diameter: 0.84 in./21.34 mm.
  • Outside Diameter: 1.69 in./42.93 mm.
  • Stem Material: Vulcanite
  • Filter: None
  • Shape: Billiard
  • Finish: Smooth
  • Material: Briar
  • Country: Denmark
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