Among the most exquisite and artistic smoking pipes are those embellished with magnificently carved bowls fashioned from meerschaum. The word ”meerschaum” is German in origin and means sea foam, being ...

Josh Smith operates a lathe as part of the process of making a corncob pipe at the Missouri Meerschaum corncob pipe factory on Tuesday, March 19, 2019. Photo by Cristina M. Fletes, ...

Phil Morgan delights in showing visitors around the oldest corn cob pipe factory in the world — the 150-year-old Missouri Meerschaum Company in Washington, Missouri. “I mean, it's a corn cob pipe, so ...

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A few months ago my friend Nancy asked me if I would like to join her for the opening of the Henri Matisse exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in Manhattan. Although I am not that well versed in ...

The Missouri Meerschaum factory in Washington, Mo., is the only place in the world that manufactures corn cob pipes made famous by such historical figures as Mark Twain and General Douglas MacArthur.