Ser Jacopo S2 Sandblasted Bent Apple Estate Briar Pipe, Italian Estates

Description

Ser Jacopo is likely the most famous contemporary example 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.

On the one hand, this particular Ser Jacopo is a distinctly stout take on the classic bent apple; on the other, it also looks to have taken a little bit of inspiration from the Danish masters in the slight under-travel found in the connection between the shank and bowl, which accentuates the curvature of the latter beautifully. Completing the design is a blonde, smooth briar faux-army mount that complements the darker, textured appearance and feel of the bowl very nicely.

The condition is great. There’s some minor, inner rim darkening and a very slight nick at the bottom of the end of the mortise, but it’s entirely superficial.

 

Details:

Length: 5.5″ / 139.7mm

Bowl Width: 0.86 / 21.84mm

Bowl Depth: 1.43″ / 36.32mm

Weight: 2.1oz / 60g