The ceramic art of Great Britain from pre-historic times down to the present day, Volume 1 (of 2) : $b being a history of the ancient and modern pottery and porcelain works of the kingdom and of their productions of every classJewitt, Llewellynn Frederick William
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The ceramic art of Great Britain from pre-historic times down to the present day, Volume 1 (of 2) : $b being a history of the ancient and modern pottery and porcelain works of the kingdom and of their productions of every class
Jewitt, Llewellynn Frederick William
Pottery, British -- History
The variety of pipes produced at these works is somewhat remarkable.
Among these are “large bowls,” 21 inches long; “long plain,” 22
inches long; “long Broseley straws,” or “aldermen,” 27 inches long,
“fit for an alderman or a king;” “long straws,” or “churchwardens,”
25 inches long, which Dr. Richardson, at the Bath meeting of the
British Association, says are unquestionably the best of pipes;
“London straws,” 16 inches; “Raleigh straws,” “Lord Crewes,” 27 inches
long; “long Dutch straws,” 28 inches long; “short Broseley straws,”
“short tips,” “plain tips,” “S. D. straws,” “dhudeens,” “peg-top
straws,” “ovarium straws,” “billiard,” “cutty,” “yachting,” “Broseley
meerschaums,” and a score of other kinds. One of the specialities,
however, of Mr. Southorn’s productions is his “patent Broseley
Narghilé.” In this “the pipe, which is formed of clay noted for its
fineness and remarkably porous qualities, is enclosed for a portion
of its length in a glass tube, which is filled with water; and the
action of the water is to draw away the colouring matter and narcotic
poison from the smoke before reaching the smoker’s mouth. The proof of
this is in the gradual colouring of the water; which may be readily
discharged and the tube refilled. A further effect is coolness of the
extremity. The glass tubes are supplied from the Broseley pipe works
in every variety of style, and we have never seen so much fine art
taste combined with utility as in these, some of them vieing with the
ancient Venetian glass in the combination of opaque and clear, &c. It
is to be understood that by the ‘Narghilé’ is meant the attachment,
or tube containing water, which is removable at the pleasure of
the holder; a title that serves to recall the luxurious and costly
water-pipes of Turkey, to which, in all their best qualities, this
patent completely answers. The ‘patent’ Broseley pipe is manufactured
specially for the Narghilé, and is the only clay pipe for which it is
adapted. It is evident that a clay, either more or less porous than
are these tobacco-pipes, would be equally unsuitable; and what is very
remarkable, and shows the perfection to which the manufacture has been
carried, these pipes are uniform in porousness, in part due to their
being manufactured of the very finest and purest clay.”
Many of the forms adopted by Mr. Southorn are adaptations of mediæval
examples, and others are of the most artistic and elegant outline. The
mark used by him is usually the name “E. SOUTHORN, BROSELEY,”
impressed on the stem. Sometimes his name with the royal arms appears
printed on the bowl.
The other pipemakers at Broseley at the present day are Mr. William
Southorn, of the late firm of William Southorn and Co.; and Richard
Tomkis; but of these it is not necessary to speak.
COALBROOKDALE.
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