Ser Jacopo: Albus et Niger Delecta Smooth Bent Apple with Silver (L) (C) Tobacco Pipe

Bold and muscular, this bent Apple from Ser Jacopo possesses all the traits one associates with the Italian marque: stylish finishing work, handsome accents, and dramatic proportions. Here, a tall, curvaceous bowl is paired to an upturned shank and arcing stem of white acrylic. The junction is adorned with a band of sterling silver, which adds a dose of flash to the composition that really pops against the smoky hues of the stummel. The Albus et Niger smooth dresses the briar and nicely highlights sweeping flame grain across one flank of the supple bowl and whorls of birdseye across the other.