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10 photographsArchive Record FUH-5QQE-6XCQ-V
Aldo Morelli 710 Smooth Bent Dublin Estate Pipe - Acrylic Stem, 9mm Filter
undetermined
Dating: Owner-statedGermany10 photographs
Reference example
This pipe is documented here as an example for study — it is a record in the archive, not an item offered for sale. Everything below is what the piece itself, and the evidence around it, will honestly support.
Attribute checklist
Rim cleaned (no wood removed)
Yes
Faridunhill standing declaration
Refinished
No
Faridunhill standing declaration
Chamber reamed
Yes
Faridunhill standing declaration
Facts, not a grade. We do not score a pipe out of ten: a number would rank a restored pipe above an honest one, and restoration is exactly what this hobby prices down. Every line above is checkable by anyone holding the pipe. Lines marked Faridunhill standing declaration rest on our published, dated statement of shop practice (v1.0, 2026-07-29) — not on an inspection of this individual pipe. It is one document, in public, that you can hold us to.
The entry
Aldo Morelli in script and the number 710 are stamped into this red-brown smooth pipe. The bowl broadens toward the rim above a narrower heel, giving the bent Dublin its characteristic flared profile.
THE MARKS - Aldo Morelli, in script on the shank - 710, stamped alongside
The number is quoted as a stamped identifier, not interpreted as a year. The available record does not establish a production date.
THE SHAPE AND FINISH The bowl has a flared upper outline and a narrower lower section above the rounded heel. From the bowl, the shank rises to a black saddle stem, giving the pipe a bent profile while leaving the broad rim easy to see in the top views. The smooth finish shows a deep red-brown colour with visible grain running through the bowl and shank. Light-coloured rings around the stem base provide a clear visual break between the wood and the black mouthpiece; no precious-metal content is claimed for them.
The Dublin description is particularly useful here because it directs attention to the widening bowl, rather than simply calling every rounded bent pipe an apple. The recorded 43mm bowl height and 34mm outer width are the dimensions of this individual example, while the 20mm chamber diameter and 37mm depth describe the interior separately.
THE STEM AND FITTING The stem is recorded as acrylic with a saddle profile, a fishtail bit and a 9mm filter fitting. The thicker base steps down before the curved mouthpiece. The photographs include the stem out of the shank, showing the fitting as well as the assembled outline. A filter fitting is described; a supplied filter is not promised.
CONDITION Pre-smoked, in good condition as recorded at intake, with fading to the stain, scratches around the briar and darkening on the rim. These signs of use are part of the listing. The photographs show the rim, chamber, underside, stem and stamps so the finish and wear can be judged directly.
THE MEASUREMENTS - Length: 140 mm (5.51 in) - Bowl height: 50 mm (1.97 in) - Bowl width: 42 mm (1.65 in) - Chamber diameter: 20 mm (0.79 in) - Chamber depth: 41 mm (1.61 in) - Weight: 53 g (1.87 oz)
The log
2026-11-09
Logged from the Faridunhill shop - photographed and listed on faridunhill.com, 2026-11-09.
This record is append-only. Nothing is deleted — a correction is a new entry that supersedes the old one, and both stay visible.
What this record still doesn't carry
- The attribute checklist is open on: original stem, stem replaced or re-cut, topped, smoked. These are facts, not opinions — anyone holding this pipe can close them.
- The stampings and attribution here are as reported with the piece. A second, independent source — a catalogue page, a dated advertisement, a hallmarked sibling — is what would raise this record.
- No shape number recorded — the maker's own catalogue designation for this form is still open.
Nobody leaves empty-handed. If you hold the catalogue page, the dated advertisement, or a hallmarked sibling that closes one of these — or simply own this model and can measure yours — send it in. Contributions are checked, credited to you by name, and the record is updated with the date it changed.
The witness
Faridunhill shop post, 2026-11-09. Published to a third-party platform on that date and archived since — a timestamp we cannot move. It is evidence that this object existed and looked like this, then.
The photographs are the identity. 10 images of this pipe's grain, stamping and stem are held as its fingerprint. The handle above is only a handle: lose it, and the pipe can still be matched back to this record from its grain.
Handle FUH-5QQE-6XCQ-VBrand DenicoteaDating Owner-stated