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10 photographsArchive Record FUH-PP2G-TDMX-3
Savinelli DeLuxe Milano Smooth Prince (315 KS), Italian Estate
Era undetermined
Dating: UndeterminedItaly10 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
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 entry
This reference example is a Savinelli DeLuxe Milano in the Prince shape, carried in the maker's catalogue under shape number 315 KS and finished smooth. It arrives in the archive as an Italian estate piece, meaning it saw service with a previous owner before entering the record. Savinelli occupies a foundational place in Italian pipe making. The DeLuxe Milano line sits among the company's named series, its title paying tribute to the city where the house began. The 'KS' suffix in Savinelli's nomenclature denotes King Size, indicating a larger rendering of the standard shape. The Prince is one of the classic English-derived shapes: a low, squat bowl of rounded profile set on a slender shank, traditionally paired with a long, gently bent stem. The form takes its name from its association with the Prince of Wales, later King Edward VII, and it remains a benchmark of elegant proportion — a compact chamber balanced against a graceful line from shank to bit. Dating this example rests entirely on the identification supplied with it. Savinelli, unlike some English houses, has never employed a factory date-coding system on its stampings, so an individual pipe cannot be assigned a year from its nomenclature alone.