England, 1960s A Charatan’s pipe of “the second Lane era” (1965-76), the period of the brightest blossoming of this brand, delightful shapes and grains, which eclipsed all others pipe makers including Dunhill. There’s no shape number on the pipe, thus it was made by one of the leading carvers at this factory regardless any catalogues….
England A nice lightweight and compact “tomato” billiard made on the the English John Redman factory in London in the middle of the XX century. Canberra line was positioned as an upper middle grade, it contained both convincing and well styled classical shapes and freehands and fancy creatures. The pipes were popular among smokers as…
England, 1916 Many and many glorious English brands were integrated sooner or later by Cadogan investments. Some companies were acquired in the late XX century, and to find a pre-Cadogan artefacts of some others manufacturers we have to turn back in time very deeply.
USA, 1980-90s The pipe is from the T. Cristiano’s old stock. It was shaped and drilled approximately in the 1980s, but finished nowadays. Tomas Cristiano was the Italian by origin, his family emigrated to the USA in 1968 and several generations of Cristiano are involved into production and marketing of wonderful briar pipes. Thomas began…
USA, 1980-90s The pipe is from the T. Cristiano’s old stock. It was shaped and drilled approximately in the 1980s, but finished nowadays. Tomas Cristiano was the Italian by origin, his family emigrated to the USA in 1968 and several generations of Cristiano are involved into production and marketing of wonderful briar pipes. Thomas began…
England The pipe belongs to one of the most successful and popular series produced on the John Redman pipe factory in London in the middle of the XX century. A good lightweight smoker with very unusual finish. The bowl had a few indentations – they were carefully and reliably patched but naturally visible under a…
1951-2005 When the Cristiano family came to America from Calabria, Italy, in 1968, they brought with them a wonderful and unique talent: pipe making. As the maestros of this craft, for nearly two decades the Cristiano family shaped and honed the rare, beautiful – but tough briar-root into some of the world’s most valued and treasured…