AKB Meerschaum: Carved Laughing Bacchus (with Case) Tobacco Pipe

Bacchus, the Roman name for the Greek god Dionysus, is the god of many happy things, such as wine, fertility, theater, insanity, and ritual madness, a sublime combination that has resulted in a widespread worship of the deity across a multitude of cultures. Indeed, this also places him squarely on the front of this figural meerschaum from AKB, depicting him laughing, eyes low, as if in a perpetual state of excessive wine adoration. His beard billows out from his face with a decided volume, his head crowned with a wreath of leaves, a branch in the front holding it together as a pair of grape clusters frame the back. This detailed work is truly a celebration of spirit and spirits, the pearl-white finish to patinate wonderfully while enjoyed, obviously meant to pair with a fine wine.