Rattray's Monarch series and its spinoff the Monarch Contrast, commemorate the royal houses of Scotland, from the first King of Alba, Kenneth I, to Queen Anne of the Royal House of Stewart. The series is presented in distinct finishes — smooth black, a red hued 'light' stain, a brown sandblast, a smooth contrast, a sandblasted red contrast finish and a neat black sandblasted finish — across a variety of shapes. Each pipe in the series is fitted with an eye-catching amber-hued or jet black acrylic 9mm stem and regal metallic accents at the shank end and stem base, evoking the look of a spigot mount and giving each piece a refined air in fitting tribute to its namesake, while retaining a standard mortise-and-tenon arrangement.