A sculpted glass hand pipe with a red-and-black banded snake coiled twice around the barrel, its head resting beside the bowl. The body is a stippled cream-and-orange glass with a raised dotted texture, and the bowl and the tip are...
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A sculpted glass hand pipe with a red-and-black banded snake coiled twice around the barrel, its head resting beside the bowl. The body is a stippled cream-and-orange glass with a raised dotted texture, and the bowl and the tip are finished in a deep cobalt blue.
Specifications
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Material: Glass
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Form: Spoon-style hand pipe with applied sculptural work
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Bowl: Cobalt blue, recessed
Handling
The coiled snake is applied glass and stands proud of the body, which makes the pipe pleasant to grip but also gives it a part that can catch. Store it somewhere it is not going to be knocked, and clean around the coils with a cotton bud rather than a stiff brush.
Who it suits
Collectors buying for the object as much as the function. Each one is worked by hand, so the snake's banding and the body's colour shift from piece to piece.
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