Ser Jacopo Maxima R2 Rusticated Canadian Estate Briar Pipe, Italian Estates

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 well as they looked.

While Ser Jacopo pipes today can attain up to a whopping eight “Maxima”s for their size grade, back in the early days of the workshop, a single “Maxima” (Latin for “greatest”) designation was used for oversized pieces. As this Ser Jacopo has a coral dot for a stem logo, rather than the contemporary silver “J,” it will have been made during the early years of the make, and with it the “Guidi era.” It is a quintessentially Italian high-grade, taking the form of a distinctly long Canadian shape and dressed in a pebble-dash rustication and simple tan stain.

The condition is good. Some rim darkening and handling marks.

Details:

Length: 6.5″ / 165.1mm

Bowl Width: 0.82 / 20.82mm

Bowl Depth: 1.52″ / 38.60mm

Weight: 1.6oz / 48g