VINTAGE IL CEPPO #1 BILLIARD PIPE 360 RING GRAIN STERLING BANDED HAND MADE COMES WITH ORIGINAL IL CEPPO PIPE SOCK ARTISAN CRAFTED IN ITALY. Beautiful vintage Il Ceppo (1) Deeply Sandblasted Billiard with excellent ring grain and a high contrasting finish. Sterling Banded by the maker, (Repair). Almost chatter free Acrylic taper stem. Bowl rim is smooth and shows beautiful Bird’s Eye Grain. Nice Size, Deep Chamber, Well balance and nice in hand. IL Ceppo Pipes are all hand made and production is limited to 2000 pipes a year, High quality and Very Nice Smokers. Clean and shiny, ready to smoke. Overall dimensions – see detailed photos. Chamber is in great smoked condition with No Scorching, Ghosting or Rim Darkening. Stem is Acrylic Has nearly no Chatter and fits pipe shank snuggly. Cleaned inside/out and buffed with Carnauba wax. From a fifty year collection of an avid pipe collector – now scaling back for retirement from a collection of around 500 pieces to a seven day rotation. Incredible pipes of finest makers from England, Ireland, Italy, Scandinavia, and the USA. Almost all over 25 years old, some 50, 70 or in a couple of cases 100 years old. Please refer to pictures for most accurate representation. Thank you for looking.