Ser Jacopo Gem Series Zaffiro Smooth Apple Estate Briar Pipe, Italian Estates

Description

Ser Jacopo is one of the most famous contemporary examples of high-grade, workshop-made Italian pipes. It also belongs to a very special tradition in Italian pipe-making, having been established by Giancarlo Guidi and Bruno Sordini after the two had left another great Italian workshop, Mastro de Paja. Together, Guidi and Sordini created a brand of pipes that reflected their Renaissance sensibilities – even the figurehead of Ser Jacopo happens to be taken from a painting of a nobleman from centuries past – one that would soon become esteemed for creating unique and beautiful tobacco pipes that smoked just as well as they looked.

Ser Jacopos are high-end pipes. But, as with many high-end makes, some of their pipes are more high-end than others. For Dunhill it’s the Dead Root, for Castello there are lines like the Aristocratica, and so on. For Ser Jacopo, the zenith of the workshop’s output is the Gem Series, pipes with only the most spectacular grain patterns, which are fittingly inlaid with an 18 karat gold-mounted precious stone rather, than the usual Ser Jacopo stem logo. This Ser Jacopo belongs to that series, having attained the “Zaffiro” grade and having been fitted with a genuine sapphire as a result.

The condition is very good. Slight inner rim darkening and a couple of small handling marks around the bowl.

 

Details:

Length: 5.5″ / 139.7mm

Bowl Width: 0.88 / 22.35mm

Bowl Depth: 1.60″ / 40.64mm

Weight: 2.2oz / 64g