Castello Great Line Collection Briar Wood Pipe
Record status
Individual type · partial
The Castello Great Line Collection tobacco pipe is a high-quality, hand-crafted smoking instrument featuring a large bowl made from finely grained briar wood. The bowl is characterized by a distinctive, highly figured straight grain finish contrasted by a natural plateau rim and a broad, flared design, coupled with a thick, robust shank.
Attached to this is a black acrylic stem, which serves as a refined visual element, enhanced by a decorative inlaid band crafted from dendritic landscape stone and bordered by thin black rings. The pipe is heavily marked, bearing an impressed square with three K characters, the words GREAT LINE, CASTELLO COLLECTION, and MADE IN CANTU ITALY, alongside an oval stamp and script signature for Carlo Scotti. The stem is further stamped HAND MADE CASTELLO.
The pipe measures 6" by 1 3/4" by 2 3/8" and is presented with a brown textured cardboard box featuring branded interior lid printing.
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- Briar wood, acrylic, dendritic landscape stone
- Dimensions
- 6" x 1 3/4" x 2 3/8"
Technical characteristics
- Marks
- Square with three K's, GREAT LINE, CASTELLO COLLECTION, MADE IN CANTU ITALY, CARLO SCOTTI, script signature, HAND MADE CASTELLO
Design
- Bowl
- Broad flared bowl, natural plateau rim
- Stem
- Black acrylic with dendritic landscape stone band
Identification
- Source note
- Described from a single auction-house listing published on Invaluable (reproduced with Invaluable's permission). Details apply to that one example; other examples of the type may differ, and the listing is supplementary evidence, not authentication.
- Maker named in listing
- Castello
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.