Gordon Medium Size Smooth Straight Billiard Estate Pipe, Vulcanite Tapered Stem, Fishtail Bit, No Filter

GORDON, in one line of capitals on the shank, marks this medium-size straight billiard. It is a smooth billiard on a vulcanite tapered stem with a fishtail bit, and it takes no filter.

Condition: pre-smoked and good, with faint scratches in the stain and dents around the briar.

THE MARKS
- GORDON stamped on the shank

No country can be read in the stamp, and no date is given for this pipe.

The straight billiard is one of the classic pipe shapes: a round bowl with straight walls, a straight shank, and a stem that continues the line of the shank.

This medium-size example is 144 mm long and weighs 28 g. The bowl is 45 mm high and 29 mm wide, and the chamber is 18 mm across and 35 mm deep.

The tapered stem is vulcanite and ends in a fishtail bit.

The finish is smooth and reddish-brown, and grain lines show across the bowl and along the shank.

THE MEASUREMENTS
- Length: 144 mm (5.67 in)
- Bowl height: 45 mm (1.77 in)
- Bowl width: 29 mm (1.14 in)
- Chamber diameter: 18 mm (0.71 in)
- Chamber depth: 35 mm (1.38 in)
- Weight: 28 g (0.99 oz)

Ships from the Faridunhill archive. Worldwide shipping and professional sanitation on every estate pipe. SKU: 199