Il Ceppo Rusticated Oom Paul w/ Silver Estate Briar Pipe, Italian Estates

Description

Il Ceppo is an Italian brand that has been producing high-grade pipes since the 1970s. Founded by the architect Giorgio Imperatori in Pesaro, Italy, Il Ceppo is a central figure in what has been called the “Pesaro School” of pipe design, along with other companies such as Ser Jacopo and Mastro de Paja.

While certain associated workshops have since branched off into more extravagant creations, the core design philosophy of the “Pesaro School” is one of the neo-traditional. This is something the great Pesaro artisans share with the first generation of post-war Danish artisans, albeit with very different results: classic shapes, modernized to varying degrees, but not without losing the essence of the original. This Oom Paul shape maintains the figure of early renditions, right down to the shallow curvature of the mouthpiece, yet it is also finely and partially rusticated in the Italian style, with a brown and burgundy contrast stain to lend its finish some extra depth.

The condition is very good. Some inner rim darkening, minor finish fading.

 

Details:

Length: 5.7″ / 144.7mm

Bowl Width: 0.82 / 20.82mm

Bowl Depth: 1.75″ / 44.45mm

Weight: 2.3oz / 68g