Ser Jacopo Maxima R1 Rusticated Canadian 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.

Since the birth of Carlo Scotti’s Castello in the mid-20th century, Italy has held fast to something of a tradition of high-grade pipes in rusticated finishes. This is a tradition in which Ser Jacopo has also taken part for the last four decades, with this Canadian being no exception. A classic Canadian in its basic form, the pipe is dressed in Ser Jacopo’s house rustication and a light, tan stain. It is a Maxima grade, which Ser Jacopo uses to designate its over-sized pipes, and, judging by the stem inlay, it is also an early “Guidi era” pipe, made before 1997.

The condition is very good. Some inner rim darkening and minor handling marks.

 

Details:

Length: 6.5″ / 165.1mm

Bowl Width: 0.81 / 20.57mm

Bowl Depth: 1.73″ / 43.94mm

Weight: 2.1oz / 62g