Stanwell Royal Prince 204 Smooth Panel Horn 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.

Speaking of Tom Eltang, this particular Stanwell is an example of his shape “204,” designed at some point in the late 1980s, by my estimate. It is an eminently Scandinavian horn, one that calls to mind the work not only of Eltang, but also the faceted “Olifant” shapes of freehand pioneers Bo Nordh and Sixten Ivarsson. Just like those pipes, this nonetheless unique design uses its side panels as a way to capture tiger-stripe cross grain patterns, with its front face showing plenty of bird’s-eye.

The condition is Great. Slight inner rim darkening and a worn off stem logo.

 

Details:

Length: 5.5″ / 139.7mm

Bowl Width: 0.78 / 19.81mm

Bowl Depth: 1.48″ / 37.59mm

Weight: 1.6oz / 46g