Ser Jacopo Picta Van Gogh 02 Smooth Cutty w/ Silver Estate Briar Pipe, Italian Estates
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Description
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’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.
In the case of this Ser Jacopo, it belongs to the Picta Van Gogh series, paying homage to Vincent Van Gogh and his many paintings and sketches of figures with pipes. The 02, a hybrid of the hawkbill, the cutty, and even the calabash shape, is loosely based on Van Gogh’s 1884 oil painting Head of a Young Peasant with Pipe. Though the titular peasant’s own pipe was a clay, Ser Jacopo’s is a more high-grade briar in the workshop’s style, with beautiful grain and even a touch of silver at its shank end.
The condition is very good. Some rim darkening and slight handling marks.
Details:
Length: 6.5″ / 165.1mm
Bowl Width: 0.88 / 22.35mm
Bowl Depth: 1.71″ / 43.43mm
Weight: 1.4oz / 40g