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'''''From Pipes, Artisans and Trademarks, by Jose Manuel Lopés''''''
[[File:Capitello.jpg|thumb|Courtesy Doug Valitchka]]'''''From Pipes, Artisans and Trademarks, by Jose Manuel Lopés''''''


Italian brand of the artisan Enzo Galluzzo, who worked for [[Ascorti]] and [[Caminetto]]. After the death of 'Peppino' Ascorti in 1984, Enzo launched the brand with Corrado Ripamonti, maintaining its small production in Lenate. The company closed and the brand ceased production in 1981. Acrylic stems. Symbol: oval in briar.
<blockquote>Italian brand of the artisan Enzo Galluzzo, who worked for [[Ascorti]] and [[Caminetto]]. After the death of 'Peppino' Ascorti in 1984, Enzo launched the brand with Corrado Ripamonti, maintaining its small production in Lenate. The company closed and the brand ceased production in 1991. Acrylic stems. Symbol: oval in briar.</blockquote>


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'''From [http://www.pipephil.eu/logos/en/logo-c2.html Pipephill]'''
 
<blockquote>Artisans : Enzo Galluzzo who had been a carver for Caminetto. When Luigi Radice and Guiseppe Ascorti split, Galluzzo established Capitello (about 1982-83). He ran the business with his partner Corrado Ripamonti until closing down in 1991. Capitellos were the only Italian oil-cured pipes in the 1980s. </blockquote>
 
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File:Capitello RusticatedBilliard.jpg|Rusticated Billaird, courtesy [http://smokingpipes.com SmokingPipes.com]
File:Capitello RusticatedBilliard.jpg|Rusticated Billaird, courtesy [http://smokingpipes.com SmokingPipes.com]
File:Capitello MeerschaumLinedApple.jpg|Meerschaum lined apple, courtesy [http://smokingpipes.com SmokingPipes.com]
File:Capitello MeerschaumLinedApple.jpg|Meerschaum lined apple, courtesy [http://smokingpipes.com SmokingPipes.com]
File:Capitello Box.jpg|Capitello Box, courtesy Doug Valitchka
File:Capitello markings.jpg|Nomenclature, courtesy Doug Valitchka
File:Capitello New 01.jpg|Example, courtesy Doug Valitchka
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[[Category: Pipe makers by nationality]]
[[Category: Pipe makers by nationality]]
[[Category: Italy]]
[[Category: Italy]]

Latest revision as of 14:38, 22 April 2021

Courtesy Doug Valitchka

From Pipes, Artisans and Trademarks, by Jose Manuel Lopés'

Italian brand of the artisan Enzo Galluzzo, who worked for Ascorti and Caminetto. After the death of 'Peppino' Ascorti in 1984, Enzo launched the brand with Corrado Ripamonti, maintaining its small production in Lenate. The company closed and the brand ceased production in 1991. Acrylic stems. Symbol: oval in briar.

From Pipephill

Artisans : Enzo Galluzzo who had been a carver for Caminetto. When Luigi Radice and Guiseppe Ascorti split, Galluzzo established Capitello (about 1982-83). He ran the business with his partner Corrado Ripamonti until closing down in 1991. Capitellos were the only Italian oil-cured pipes in the 1980s.