<< German
Notes: The leading feature of these pipes is decidedly the long bowl of porcelain generally adorned with some beauty on the front of it in medallion form.
The stems are of great length, some four feet or so. These were considered house pipes. For travelling a shorter pipe is used.

North Europe >>
Pipes: 1, Norway, 2 & 3, Amager, 4, Budapest, 5, Austrian Tyrol.
Notes: The island of Amager near Copenhagen has retained it's costumes & customs, so to have the pipes (2&3). The long one is 4 feet 8 inches long generally considered an house pipe and the shorter 6 inch pipe which is a constant companion for the out door worker.
In Norway small blocks of meerschaum were in vogue (1) as this picture shows.
The Hungarian pipe is of made of red clay (4) with an Asiatic influence in form.
The Budapest pipes look very workman like (5) , mostly of wood with Roebuck horn introduced as an adornment.

<< Algeria
Notes: We are now in a new sphere of Pipe land with European and Asiatic influences. The handsome (centre) Arab pipe was smoked while riding a camel.
The stem of the central pipe (see picture left) is beautifully coloured, the ivory having intricate patterns carved onto it which compliments the dark wood of the bowl.
The large bowl is for house or tent service.