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4 photographsArchive Record FUH-NNHE-45DK-G
Era undetermined
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.
Original stem
Yes
Faridunhill standing declaration
Stem replaced or re-cut
No
Faridunhill standing declaration
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 Ardea by Lorenzo Smooty Bent Billiard represents the Italian pipe-making tradition through its classic bent billiard form. This pipe features the characteristic curved profile of a bent billiard shape, with a gently angled stem that flows from the bowl's forward cant. The bowl displays the smooth finish typical of the Smooty line, emphasizing the natural grain patterns of the wood. Italian pipe craftsmanship is evident in the balanced proportions and flowing lines that define this traditional shape. The stampings identify it as an Ardea product manufactured by Lorenzo in Italy, with the Smooty designation indicating its smooth finish treatment. As an estate pipe, it carries the patina of previous use while maintaining the essential form that makes the bent billiard one of the most enduring and popular pipe shapes in the tradition of Italian pipe making.
2020-04-24
Sold through eBay for USD 28. No buyer is recorded.
2020-05-17
Logged from the Faridunhill archive — photographed and posted on Instagram, 2020-05-17.
2026-08-27
5 checklist facts recorded under Faridunhill's standing declaration of shop practice (2026-07-29).
2026-08-28
Honesty pass: statements the source does not support were removed (parts.bowl_material 'briar' removed; era 'late 20th century' -> undetermined).
2026-08-28
Honesty pass: statements the source does not support were removed (1 unsupported/absence sentence(s) removed from the essay).
This record is append-only. Nothing is deleted — a correction is a new entry that supersedes the old one, and both stay visible.
USD 28sold 2020-04-24 · eBay
From 1 recorded sale — this pipe, this day. A single transaction is not a market price, and we will never print one as if it were.
The date shown is the date of sale, not the date this page was published. Our own transaction record, published free. No buyer appears here — not a name, not initials, not a country. Counted across both of our channels — eBay 2015–2022 and Etsy 2022–2026 — so the series is continuous and a change of marketplace is never read as a change in price.
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.
Instagram post, 2020-05-17. 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. 4 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.