Ser Jacopo Picta Miro 08 Spongia C R2 Poker 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.

Ser Jacopo’s Picta series takes inspiration from pipes as represented in the arts—or, if you’re so inclined, in other forms of art. While this is certainly not without precedent, such Peterson’s Sherlock Holmes series, Ser Jacopo’s approach is relatively unique in that its source of inspiration are works of famous painters. There are several subseries of the broader Picta series and each is dedicated to the works of a singular fine artist, such as Picasso and Magritte, and each Picta model takes its design from pipes featured in one of those artists’ works. This would seem a simple task, but Ser Jacopo’s choice of artists leans heavily into avant-garde movements of the late 19th and early 20th century. The resulting designs are, therefore, highly distinctive, as the works they’re based on are far removed from “traditional” art movements. This one, the Picta Miro 08, was inspired by Spanish artist Joan Miró and a painting from his 1924-5 surrealist Tete de Paysan Catalan (“Head of a Catalan Peasant”) sequence, taking the form of a long, paneled poker sitter with a sterling silver collar. This iteration of Picta Miro 08 is furthermore dressed in Ser Jacopo’s house rustication and the workshop’s natural Spongia finish.

The condition is great. Some minor wear to the rim.

 

Details:

Length: 6.5″ / 165.1mm

Bowl Width: 0.81 / 20.57mm

Bowl Depth: 1.62″ / 41.14mm

Weight: 1.9oz / 54g