Danish Sovereign by Stanwell 14 Smooth Billiard Estate Briar Pipe, Danish Estates

Description

Stanwell is one of Denmark’s most celebrated and enduring pipe companies, having been founded by Poul Nielsen shortly after the second world war. Over the last six decades, Stanwell has established itself as both a leader in innovative Danish design and for producing well-priced pipes with precision construction and engineering. Many of its designs were created for the company by iconic pipe-makers in the Scandinavian scene, such as Sixten Ivarsson, Anne Julie, Jess Chonowitsch, and Tom Eltang. Danish Sovereign was a sub-brand used by Stanwell in the later 20th century.

While Stanwell is known today for its eccentric Danish designs, the company began with the intention of crafting pipes modeled on the classics of English briars. Pipes such as this one have long held a place in the company’s catalogs, with the shape 14 being a slightly smaller, lighter variation on Stanwell’s flagship saddle billiard, the 13.

The condition is very good. Some inner rim darkening and a very slight over-reaming of the top of the chamber.

 

Details:

Length: 5.2″ / 132.0mm

Bowl Width: 0.82 / 20.82mm

Bowl Depth: 1.58″ / 40.13mm

Weight: 1.4oz / 40g