Ed Burak Connoisseur Rusticated Bent Bulldog Estate Briar Pipe, American Estates

Description

Known as the “dean of American pipe designers” Ed Burak was not a pipe-maker per se. Rather, Burak was someone who worked with the master carvers of his time to bring his distinct ideas of what a pipe could be to life. As the owner of the Connoisseur Pipe Shop, Burak designed freehand pipes so singularly representative of pipe-making as an artistic endeavor, that many of the resulting works ended up in New York’s Museum of Modern Art.

A question I often find myself asking, when it comes to Connoisseur pipes, is of whether Burak was an honorary Dane, or whether so many of the great Danish artisans had a little New York in them. Aside from its rusticated finish (and perhaps tremendous size), this extra large, horn bulldog might be mistaken for something made by Anne Julie, or perhaps Poul Ilsted back during his Svendborg days. It is a work of art to say the least, but I suppose that’s why Burak is the only pipe maker I know of to have exhibited at MoMA.

The condition is very good. Slight handling marks and some minor wear to the rim.

 

Details:

Length: 6.6″ / 167.6mm

Bowl Width: 0.83 / 21.08mm

Bowl Depth: 2.27″ / 57.65mm

Weight: 2.3oz / 66g