TEXT: The mineral sepiolite, makes the two meerschaum pipes depicting the likenesses of Peter Paul Ruben and Sire Anthony Van Dyke. Meerschaum can be both carved and polished and the pipes are usually created underwater to maintain the minerals pliability. During the Victorian era, these status symbols were often carved images from history, literature and art but soon gave way to the new look of Art Deco after WWI.