Georg Jensen SAFIR (62) Smooth Bent Billiard, Danish Estate

This reference example is a smooth-finished bent billiard catalogued under the Georg Jensen name, from the maker's SAFIR line and carrying the shape number 62. It enters the archive as a Danish estate piece, and its form belongs to one of the most enduring silhouettes in the pipe maker's repertoire: the bent billiard, which takes the upright cylindrical bowl and straightforward proportions of the classic billiard and sets them on a curved shank-and-stem axis. The bend drops the bowl below the line of sight and shifts the weight toward the hand, a geometry long favoured for comfortable clenching, and the smooth finish leaves the surface of the stummel fully visible rather than concealed under blast or rustication. The Georg Jensen name occupies a place within the broader story of Danish pipe making, a national tradition that rose to international prominence in the middle of the twentieth century and became synonymous with both classic factory shapes and freehand experimentation. Within that tradition, named lines such as SAFIR served to organise a maker's output into recognisable grades and series, with shape numbers like the 62 seen here identifying a specific catalogued form so that the same silhouette could be produced consistently across the line. Dating rests on the combination of the SAFIR line designation and the numbered shape system, both consistent with organised series production, together with the owner's identification of the pipe as a Danish estate piece — that is, a pipe with a prior life of use before entering the record. The pipe stands in the encyclopedia as a representative example of a Danish line-stamped bent billiard: a classic shape, a smooth finish, and a maker's name situated within Denmark's celebrated pipe-making heritage.