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11 photographsArchive Record FUH-9VFN-JNTK-V
Talamona Accademia Smooth Rustic Straight Billiard Pipe, Italy, 9mm Filter
undetermined
Dating: Owner-stated11 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
Smoked
Yes
owner stated
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
This large straight billiard is stamped TALAMONA / ACCADEMIA on one side of the shank and FATTA A MANO, Italian for "made by hand", on the other. The bowl is smooth, with a rustic carved area across the bottom and the heel. It is made for a 9mm filter and is pre-smoked and in very good condition.
THE MAKER Talamona is a workshop in Barasso, in the Varese area of Italy. It was established in 2007 by Paolo Croci, when he took over the workshops of Fratelli Rossi, and the house is known for pipes of generous size. The Rossi name goes back to 1886, when Ferdinando Rossi founded his briar pipe factory at Barasso. In 1918 his son Leonida joined, and the firm became Fratelli Rossi Barasso. Between the wars it was the biggest pipe factory in the world: in 1936, its fiftieth year, it had 860 employees. The factory closed in 1985. Many workers who learned the trade at Rossi went on to found their own houses, and that is how the Varese area became the centre of Italian pipe making. THE MARKS - TALAMONA / ACCADEMIA - FATTA A MANO