Italian Estates: Becker & Musico Sandblasted Billiard with Silver (1999) Tobacco Pipe

Becker and Musico have perhaps the most distinctly different styles compared to their fellow Italian pipemakers. Both Becker and Musico cater more toward smaller designs, with the former's defined by a unique, signature aesthetic, the latter leaning more toward English and French design cues. In this collaborative Billiard, the form falls more under Musico's style, featuring a well-proportioned take on the shape. Fashioned in 1999, when Paolo Becker was still making pipes (before his son took over the workshop in 2014), it boasts a natural tanblast and sterling silver military mount, accentuating the classic English appeal.