Mastro Geppetto: Rusticato Billiard Tobacco Pipe

With its balanced proportions, this Billiard is on the more reserved end of Mastro Geppetto's shaping style, rendering Anglo-French sensibilities within a bold presentation. A pert, upright bowl stands at the fore, its figure formed by slim, straight walls traveling from the flat heel toward the rim. The bowl's flattened heel informs the shape of this pipe's crisp, Foursquare-style shank, contrasting the bowl's rounded figure with firm ridgelines and providing a sturdy base along the stummel's underside for this pipe to sit with confidence. Continuing the shank's sharp line work is a sleek saddle stem, the pair creating a streamlined profile. Courtesy of Mastro Geppetto's Rusticato finish, the stummel is dressed in a craggy, ruby-tinged rustication, its complexion delightfully contrasted by the stem's clean, white acrylic.