Italian Estates: Castello Collection Billiard (K) (2023) (Unsmoked) Tobacco Pipe

Italian workshop Castello has a rich history that stretches back to 1947 with its founding by Carlo Scotti, being established as one of the first Italian brands to offer high-quality handmade pipes to the general public. In the 1960s, following the addition of Luigi Radice and Peppino Ascorti to their team of carvers, Castello's pipes began to take on a form that was quite different from the Anglo-French classics that they and others had been producing. The Italian neoclassical style which they had begun to develop led not only to a shaping renaissance within Italy, but the production of a number of now-iconic profiles. Displaying a thick-walled, Pot-like breadth, this Billiard from Castello presents the bowl-centric shaping style that often comprises Italian pipes. It's paired to a more slender, gradually tapering shank and stem, the neoclassical proportions making for a striking presentation, and it's wearing the smoky, smooth stain of the Collection finish: revealing handsome grain throughout.