Sasieni Mayfair Smooth Billiard Estate Briar Pipe, English Estates

Description

Along with names like Barling, Charatan, and Dunhill Sasieni holds a special place in the history of English smoking pipes – one near to its very beginnings. So the story goes, Sasieni himself worked for Dunhill during its early days. But eventually he left Dunhill, having his own ideas about how pipes should be made, and founded Sasieni. This was 1919, and Sasieni has been the closest thing to a household name in English pipes ever since.

Sasieni had notoriously high standards for their pipes, meaning that if a pipe wasn’t quite perfect enough to become a Four Dot, it would be released under one of the company’s various sub-brands. Mayfair was one of these sub-brands, though Sasieni made sure to keep their own name on these pipes as well. Though it doesn’t have a shape code that I could find, this looks to be a 55 “Buckingham” in the Sasieni catalog. Please correct me if I’m wrong, though.

The condition is great. Some very minor inner rim darkening and a couple of worn out fills.

 

Details:

Length: 6.2″ / 157.4mm

Bowl Width: 0.75 / 19.05mm

Bowl Depth: 1.59″ / 40.38mm

Weight: 1.6oz / 48g