Vintage Tobacco Pipe by Ramon Platero - Estate Spiny Oyster Crafted in a bold lightning

Crafted in a bold lightning bolt motif

while the red-to-bronze patina evokes the heat of the fire that shapes both clay and soul

Dimensions:7/16"W x 1 1/2"L

divided by thin silver lines

Vintage Tobacco Pipe by Ramon Platero - Estate Spiny Oyster Crafted in a bold lightningA fully functional, hand engraved sterling silver tobacco pipe commissioned from Navajo silversmith Ramon Platero a deeply personal object inscribed with the story of its own making. The stem of the pipe is hand engraved in flowing script: "Handmade by Ramon Platero for C. W. Luthey" a dedication that transforms this functional object into a named, documented commission between artist and patron. The bowl is a substantial octagonal sterling silver