MBSD Meerschaum Silver Ballerina Reverse Calabash Block Meerschaum Pipe, New

Description

The MBSD Meerschaum Silver is our line of silver mounted meerschaum pipes. Using the same high-grade, fast-coloring Turkish meerschaum found on our Deluxe series, these pipes exclusively feature silver army mounts or spigot mounts.

The ballerina is a briar pipe shape that can be traced all the way back to the legendary Danish carver Bo Nordh, but as with most of the iconic shapes of that period, it is one that has been interpreted and reinterpreted many times in the decades since. As the name suggests, the shape is evocative of the en pointe position in ballet, where dancers stand on their tiptoes and take on the appearance of weightlessness. This particular ballerina leans more toward the various blendings of shapes and styles in renditions following Nordh’s wake, such as those of Michael Parks, Zhang Guo Hui, and Li Zhesong. There are elements of the cavalier, for example, as well as the acorn, as well as something absent from just about all ballerina shapes: a reverse calabash system.

 

Details:

Length: 5.4″ / 137.1mm

Bowl Width: 0.82 / 20.82mm

Bowl Depth: 1.96″ / 49.78mm

Weight: 1.8oz / 52g