John Aylesbury Smooth Bent Apple 6325 with Silver Band, 9mm Filter (Estate, Era Undetermined)

This record documents a John Aylesbury bent apple, shape number 6325, presented in a smooth finish and fitted with a silver band at the shank face and a bent stem drilled for the 9mm filter system. The apple is one of the classic rounded shapes of the pipe repertoire: a squat, gently swelling bowl with softened shoulders, here paired with a bent stem that lowers the profile and shifts the bowl closer to the hand. The 9mm filter bore is itself a telling construction detail, as this filter standard is a hallmark of Continental European smoking culture, dominant in the German-speaking market and common in pipes made for it. Danish makers were among the suppliers whose work appeared under the Aylesbury stamp, and the present example was catalogued by its previous keeper among Danish estate pieces, which situates it within that stream of the brand's production. The four-digit shape number follows the numbering practice the brand used across its catalogue lines. The pipe stands in the archive as a representative of the bent apple form as interpreted for the filter-smoking Continental market.