Ser Jacopo R2 Rusticated Bent Dublin 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.

This pipe is a little different to your average Ser Jacopo (though, to be honest, I wouldn’t call any Ser Jacopo “average”). That’s because, as evinced by the stem logo, which is a coral dot rather than a silver “J,” this Ser Jacopo is from the early days of Guidi and Sordini’s workshop, between 1983 and 1997. The design is a simple, but still very Italian, bent Dublin, finished in Ser Jacopo’s light brown, pebble dash rustication.

The condition is great. There’s some darkening on the inner rim, but the pipe is nonetheless wonderfully preserved.

 

Details:

Length: 6″ / 152.4mm

Bowl Width: 0.87 / 22.09mm

Bowl Depth: 1.7″ / 43.18mm

Weight: 2.1oz / 62g