Italian Estates: Iwan Ries Fiammata (2) (504) (by Savinelli) Tobacco Pipe

Traditional English shaping fuses with Italian style and design cues in Savinelli's "504" Bulldog. The bowl and heel garner much attention, as expected with Italian neoclassic design, with the bowl rising tall above the beefy shank. The waistline is less portly, though, maintaining a trim, regal profile with mid-set beadlines or ridgeline and graceful tapering above and below. Crisp ridgelines define the shank-and-stem combination and meet the bowl with affable cheeking in this traditional composition. This particular piece was made for Iwan Ries and comes dressed in chestnut, smooth finish.