Radice: Rind Apple Tobacco Pipe

After working at Castello and Caminetto, Luigi Radice founded Radice and began carving pipes with his sons. Radice has since become one of the most recognizable and influential pipe brands in Italy. They offer high-quality smoking instruments marked by bold, Italian neoclassical proportions and distinctive finishes, with this Apple being a prime example of the workshop's style. Shape-wise, this piece boasts a plump, full-bodied bowl that tapers from its wide heel to its taut rim. As it tapers, the bowl takes on a subtle forward cant that lends the shape a dynamic appearance in profile. Out back, a trim shank-and-stem arrangement emerges from a wide transition and lends a touch of sleekness to the form. The crisp, warm-toned Rind rustication dresses the stummel and offers a wealth of tactile detail to the composition.