Loewe Tobacco Pipe Birmingham Tapered Mouthpiece

A medium bowl in magnificently tight-grained beautiful red Briar with a lustrous bent black lucite stem.
A masterpiece from the masters: Loewe and Co of London.
Some current models (including the #40168) have the step-down mouthpiece (as shown on the Gretna image.
I just sold the last one in New Zealand to someone who will be very pleased with it for his lifetime.