Updated: Jun 15, 2012The original factory reaches back to 1869. Henry Tibbe (†1896) Dutsh emigrant and founder of the plant, patented on July 6, 1878 pipes made with a mixture of corn and plaster (see enlarged view) allowing a smooth finish and less heat in the bowl. Thus the city of Washington (Missouri) became the world capital of corn cob pipes smoked by celebrities like Popeye, Mark Twain or Gen. D. MacArthur.
Henry Tibbe
Radio
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Missouri Meerschaum Washington M° U.S.A. (In circle)
Registered Jan 23 1883
Trade Mark
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The shank of this early pipe is made of corncob instead of pine.
The bowl is not stained: the pipe has a burnished finish which comes from a soft piece of wood stuck against the spinning bowl until the friction left an attractive dark finish. This technic isn't in use anymore nowadays (2012).
MacArthur
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Missouri Meerschaum Washington. Mo. (In circle)
Original
Corn Cob
Made in U.S.A.
Gen. Douglas MacArthur
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▼ Sticker variants under the bowl
