"To smoke pipe is not to be considered as a vice, it is art and a way of life"

A great Italian artisan from Bologna: Alberto Bonfiglioli, page 2.

"For Collectors", Nov.12.1998:

Bonfiglioli pot from right
This could be described as an intermediate form between pot and billiard.
I got this "Bolognese" via USA, slightly used and in an excellent condition.
It is nice flame grain from the right side
pot from left
Mainly birdseye on the left side of the bowl
Pot from above
A wide and spacious tobacco chamber, filled full puffs reeeally long!.
golden mounting Beautifully designed golden mounting in a close-up.
#412 means the number of pipes made by Alberto year 1997

Three and a half photos of my special pride, "Fiammata Dublin":

Fiammata Dublin

My "Fiammata Naturale Amber Dublin" by
Bonfiglioli. A great pipe to own and puff with!
Fiammata today

A lot of darkening has happened
during the three+ years!

Dublin from above
A thick-walled bowl means cool puffs.
The thick rim of the straight grain is seen
in this photo. As the grain goes vertically
it is clear that the rim is bird's eye.
white triangle, the logo of B.
A white triangle
is the logo in Alberto
Bonfiglioli pipes

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