Serial Number: P0172
Status: Display
Description:
Vintage Jambo Genuine Block Meerschaum Smooth Pipe, Hand Made in London, The pipe measures 14 cm and weighs 52.36 grams, RAF London Trip 17 July - 12 August 2017.
Meerschaum is a very specialized form of clay and chemically known as an hydrous magnesium silicate. The geoloical conditions necessary for its formation occur in only two known regions of the earth s surface, East Africa and Asia Minor. The name meerschaum is of German origin and when translated becomes sea foam in English or ecume de mer in French. As it is one of the most porous materials to be found in nature, it will float on water when dry, hence sea foam.
These qualities, porosity and lightness give it the distinction of being the best possib le tobacco smoking medium. At Jambo Factory, the raw material is cut into various sizes depending on the shape of the pipe to be made and emerges as a finished pipe after some sicty operations nearly all of which are carried out by highly skilled craftsmen.
