The art of the meerschaum pipe can be appreciated by collectors as well as those who actually smoke them. They are made from a natural mineral – sepiolite. This hydrous element is found in Turkey. The ...

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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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.

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, ...

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