Ser Jacopo R1 Rusticated Bent Egg 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.

Nobody does rustication quite like the Italians. While in other national styles, rusticated pipes are often cheaper, entry level pipes, Italy is a land of rusticated high-grade hand-made pipes, from Castello, to Caminetto, and indeed to Ser Jacopo. This one, from the latter, features a tall, egg-like bowl with a quintessentially Italian, pebble-dash rustication, coupled with a genuine, sterling silver spigot.

The condition is great too. Perhaps a little bit of finish fading on the rim, but nothing major.

 

Details:

Length: 6″ / 127mm

Bowl Width: 0.79″ / 18.2mm

Bowl Depth: 1.86″ / 47.24mm

Weight: 1.9oz / 54g