Ser Jacopo 4 X Maxima R1 Bent Dublin Estate Briar Pipe, Unsmoked [SOLD]

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.

Make no mistake, this is a large pipe. Originally, Ser Jacopo used the Latin word “Maxima” for these offerings. But, as these pipes became even larger, another designation was required to distinguish between, for example, an extra large Ser Jacopo, and an extra, extra large one. Rather than overcomplicate things, Ser Jacopo simply used the same “Maxima” designation, with the larger the pipe, the more “Maxima”s stamped on it. This Ser Jacopo is a four Maxima grade (Maxima, Maxima, Maxima, Maxima). It is a bent Dublin, sure, but one that might as well be a calabash, thanks to its magnum proportions.

This Ser Jacopo is completely unsmoked, too. Having come to us as part of the estate of an Italian high-grades collector, it was also preserved with its original sleeve.

 

Details:

Length: 8″ / 203.2mm

Bowl Width: 1.11 / 28.19mm

Bowl Depth: 2.91″ / 73.91mm

Weight: 6.6oz / 188g