Ser Jacopo Maxima L1 Smooth Bent Dublin Estate Briar Pipe, Unsmoked [SOLD]

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.

I’ve categorized this particular Ser Jacopo as a bent Dublin, but that doesn’t really do the design of this one justice. There’s elements of the Italian hawkbill, the French fleur, the Danish freehand, and even the classical ‘lady leg’ shapes at work here. It’s fantastic, frankly. It also has magnificent flame grain swirling around the whole stummel, which is lent an extra distinctiveness by the singular chubbiness of the pipe (hence the Maxima grade).

This Ser Jacopo is also completely unsmoked, having come to us via our trade in program from a collector of high-grade Italian pipes. It has also been kept with its original sleeve, which will be included with the pipe.

 

Details:

Length: 5″ / 127.0mm

Bowl Width: 0.94 / 23.87mm

Bowl Depth: 2.18″ / 55.37mm

Weight: 2.9oz / 84g