Lovely Refurb ' D Lightly Smoked Angelo 1/8 Bent Billiard, Rovera Sub - Brand, Italy
Item History & Price
Pipe length......5.20 inches Bowl height.....1.75 inches Internal bowl diameter......0.80 of an inch.
A Lovely Refurbished Lightly Smoked Angelo 1/8 Bent Billiard by Rovera Pipes BUT I Have just noticed a tiny Hairline Crack on the shank side!!. Rovera were set up by 4 brothers, Federico, Carlo, Cornelio and Francesco in Varese Italy in 1911. Now in 4th generation ownership Rovera are run by Damiano Ro...vera, great grandson of Francesco, grandson of Angelo after who the brand was named, and son of Dorelio...a real family business!!! The briar of this Billiard is a bright red/tan colour with some beautiful Straight Flame, Whorl and Birdseye graining, the bowl rim crisp and un-marked, but a few sandpit flaws in the briar, un-filled and natural as they should be. The stem is a flattened oval saddle that takes a 9mm filter, no visible logo, in perfect used condition. The bowl needed no reaming but was cleansed anyway, the stem was fully sanitized to make the pipe ready to smoke as soon as you receive it, before the whole pipe was lightly polished and waxed to give the beautiful finish you can see in the photos. The pipe draws and will smoke perfectly, it sits so snugly in the hand, very well balanced and tactile.
Thanks for looking and as usual I will combine postage if you buy more than one of my items from this auction. European tracked postage is £9.85 and for the rest of the world is £11.85......I have had to increase charges following Royal Mail price increases in April but will still combine any number of pipes for the price of one.
A Lovely Refurbished Lightly Smoked Angelo 1/8 Bent Billiard by Rovera Pipes BUT I Have just noticed a tiny Hairline Crack on the shank side!!. Rovera were set up by 4 brothers, Federico, Carlo, Cornelio and Francesco in Varese Italy in 1911. Now in 4th generation ownership Rovera are run by Damiano Ro...vera, great grandson of Francesco, grandson of Angelo after who the brand was named, and son of Dorelio...a real family business!!! The briar of this Billiard is a bright red/tan colour with some beautiful Straight Flame, Whorl and Birdseye graining, the bowl rim crisp and un-marked, but a few sandpit flaws in the briar, un-filled and natural as they should be. The stem is a flattened oval saddle that takes a 9mm filter, no visible logo, in perfect used condition. The bowl needed no reaming but was cleansed anyway, the stem was fully sanitized to make the pipe ready to smoke as soon as you receive it, before the whole pipe was lightly polished and waxed to give the beautiful finish you can see in the photos. The pipe draws and will smoke perfectly, it sits so snugly in the hand, very well balanced and tactile.
Thanks for looking and as usual I will combine postage if you buy more than one of my items from this auction. European tracked postage is £9.85 and for the rest of the world is £11.85......I have had to increase charges following Royal Mail price increases in April but will still combine any number of pipes for the price of one.
