Bruyère (briar) wood, phenol formaldehyde resin (PF)
France, 1969
Design: Joe Colombo (1930-1971) – Italian architect and designer
Manufacturer: Butz-Choquin in Saint Claude
Stamped to the side ‘OPTIMAL Butz-Choquin des. J.COLOMBO’
Stamped to the lower side ‘SPECIAL 121 STCLAUDE_FRANCE MODELE DEPOSE No154.217’
In the original case by Butz-Choquin
Length: 14 cm
Very good condition
Straight pipe, flat-bottomed bowl, the corpus of Bruyère wood, finished with a resin mouth piece
Made in Saint-Claude, the ‘world capital of the briar pipe’
Estimate by Auctionata Expert: 200 Euro

Condition:

The pipe is in very good condition. The case with traces of use (the fabric detached from the top rivet). It is 14 cm in length.



Joe Colombo (1930-1971)

The Italian architect and designer Joe Colombo studied at the Milan Accademia Arti di Brera and later architecture at the University of Polytechnic in Milan. He was one of the most famous Italian designers of the 1960s. His designs were exhibited at the MoMA. His favorite materials were synthetic, from which he made functional and useful objects. (tm)

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