Ser Jacopo Delecta S2 (C) Sandblasted Dublin with Silver (Estate)

About this pipe:

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 perfectly as they looked.

Ser Jacopo pipes are, in a word, beautiful, though there are many ways to achieve beauty. Some Ser Jacopo pipes are elegant in their simplicity, while others are a little flashier, employing diverse forms of ornamentation to achieve designs that might not look out of place in the hands of Venetian nobility (had briar been discovered a few hundred years earlier, that is).

This particular Ser Jacopo belongs to the Delecta series, which is distinguished by its distinctive, mounted designs, and it’s a rather lavish one at that. The mount in question has been cut from a marbled, amber-toned acrylic, as has the pipe’s mouthpiece, with a band of bright sterling silver between the two. While the bowl has been dressed in a sandblast finish, the approach taken has been more subtle than one might find in England or America, with the Ser Jacopo workshop opting for a finer, netted relief that sits comfortably next to the pipe’s finery.

The condition is great. Minor rim darkening. This pipe comes with its original box and sleeve.

Details:

Length: 5.5″ / 139.7mm

Bowl Width: 0.91 / 23.11mm

Bowl Depth: 1.74″ / 44.19mm

Weight: 2.1oz / 60g