Ser Jacopo Imago L2 Smooth Calabash Estate Briar Pipe, Italian Estates

Description: Ser Jacopo Imago L2 Smooth Calabash Estate Briar Pipe, Italian Estates Ser Jacopo Imago L2 Smooth Calabash Estate Briar Pipe, Italian Estates 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. As Ive said in previous listings, the names of Ser Jacopos various pipe series come from Latin, owing to the makes Renaissance influences. In this instance, Imago refers to the sterling silver mounting seen on this very beautiful, flame grain calabash. More specifically, it refers to the fact that there is not one, but two separate, silver mounts—one on the end of the shank, the other on the base of the stem—of essentially the same design, creating an enjoyable doubling effect. In other words, each is the likeness, or image (Latin: Imago) of the other. As for the other qualities of the pipe, it wears the makes high-grade L2 (Liscia also being Latin, as well as modern Italian, for smooth) light brown finish and, judging by the dot stem logo, it will have been made somewhere between 1983 and 1997. Ser Jacopo subsequently began using the silver J seen today as their stem logo. -J.M. The condition is great. Some minor inner rim darkening, but the pipe has clearly been well looked after. Details: Length: 5.5″ / 139.7mm Bowl Width: 0.80 / 20.32mm Bowl Depth: 1.59″ / 40.38mm Weight: 1.9oz / 56g Shipping Shipping cost:replace this text with your shipping information Delivery time:replace this text with your shipping information Payment We accept the following payment methods: first payment option second payment option third payment option Please contact us if you have any questions. Service replace this text with your service information

Price: 290 USD

Location: Rockmart, Georgia

End Time: 2024-11-17T02:25:44.000Z

Shipping Cost: 5.5 USD