Ser Jacopo Sandblasted Bent Dublin Estate Briar Pipe, Unsmoked [SOLD OUT]

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 very interesting Ser Jacopo. For one thing, it is completely unsmoked – but what makes this fact more significant is that the pipe is also from an older period in Ser Jacopo’s production that many consider their best. This is apparent from the logo on the pipe’s stem, a coral dot inside of a silver ring, which was used between 1983 and 1997. For reference, more recent Ser Jacopos employ a silver ‘J’ as their logo.

The pipe itself is a fine example of the Italian workshop tradition. It is a large pipe dressed in a light brown, bark-like stain, and is partially sandblasted around the sides of the bowl and shank. This sandblasting is crisp and highlight’s the briar’s natural ring grain. The wide rim of the pipe has, however, been left smooth, and is only lightly stained to leave it a polished blonde hue. As for the shape, one could call it a Dublin of sorts, but the wide, smoothed rim is also reminiscent of a kind of calabash. Either way, it is a beauty, and should be especially appealing to collectors of the finest Italian pipes.

 

Details:

Length: 5.7″

Bowl Width: 24.9mm

Bowl Depth: 2.1″

Weight: 2.9oz / 85g