ONE OF A KIND FREEHAND Meerschaum pipe- USA made by artist Micoli circa1975

Description

For Provenance:
Mike Robbins,  owner
Meerschaum King/Paradise Cigars/West Coast Zippo Distributor
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Museum piece Meerschaum pipe
For the serious collector this pipe transcends to immortal status.
In 1974 and 1975 Micolli a briar carver made 200 works of art out of Meerschaum - Sold exclusively by Hollco Rohr in Los Angeles.
The manager Mr. Brad Weinfeld  pulled out a box of Micolli Meerschaum pipes and sold them all to me.
I bought perhaps 70 to 100 of the pieces for my store in the 0 to 0 price range.
I kept a few of the finest pieces, some of the best collectable Meerschaum pipes I have ever seen and the most unique ever made.
To hold it is to hold a Mona Lisa of pipes with the weight of a feather.
This pipe is #73 carved in 1974 as is noted on the shank of the pipe.
It is signed numbered and dated.
The nomenclature on the pipe is 74073
Also Micolli was one of the first to use Lucite stems on Meerschaum pipes. He took it to another level with a 2 piece hand twisted blue Lucite stem to finish the work of art.
There is a slight discoloring of the Meerschaum with age I hope is seen clearly in the pictures.
It has been in my display case for 40 years with 3 other pieces.
Length 7”
Height 3”
Bowl depth 1.5”
Meerschaum pipe collectible made in the USA Micolli 1975. Condition is "New". Shipped with USPS First Class.
For the serious collector this pipe transcends to immortal status.
In 1974 and 1975 Micolli, an American briar carver, made 200 works of art out of Meerschaum.
THIS IS NOT A Face or Dragon or Animal or Skull or the many Meerschaum pipes that are duplicated over and over again, mere copies of the past and present that are replicated endlessly.
This is a real one of a kind freehand Meerschaum and the pics cannot show the miracle of a real piece of art and history. It has NO chips even though it looks all craggily.
Length 7”
Height 3”
Bowl depth 1.5”
Micoli or “Mic” as he is called by family and friends, has acquired the reputation of being one of the best American pipe makers. He is appreciated by the most prominent of collectors. Educated in the arts, He started this adventure in 1968. His craftsmanship and artistry were dedicated to over twenty years of full time pipe making, with no two alike. In the last twenty years plus he has been partially retired and limits carving to a few pipes a month. ​He has continued sculpting animals and other subjects from brair and other rare woods. Micoli is now 72 years old.​
The signature of Burns’ work is the specific way of rustication he worked out using a Dremel power tool. (The Dremel had been introduced to pipemaking by Teddy Knudsen.)
Burns/Micoli also made the E. Oslo pipes. These can be considered his entry-level pipes as he did not carve these from scratch but rather purchased run-of-the-mill standard shapes from Italian and English pipe makers, such as Savinelli and Comoy’s, and dremeled his signature magic on them.