SAVINELLI Oscar lovat
Italy A pleasant example of the Italian refinement, elegance and lightness: a very nice comfortable and lightly smoked lovat of the one of the most popular series from “Savinelli”.
BBB Turnberry 539
England, 1996 This canadian shape pipe bears proudly the oldest and most famous English stamping. The name BBB (Blumfeld’s Best Briar and later – Britain’s Best Briar) is very well known and popular from the middle of the XIX century and became the first registered trademark for English pipes. The pipe was made in 1996…
PESHKOV
Ukraine, 2010s Andrey Peshkov was born on Jan 27th 1968 in Russia, but since 1987 he’s living and working in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine. He is undoubtedly one of the most interesting Ukrainian pipe carvers of the new generation. The first pipe was carved in 2009 and since than Andrey has made an outstanding progress thanks…
FRIBOURG & TREYER diplomat
England, 1960-70s Fribourg & Treyer was perhaps the most reputable English tobacconist. “While most collectors are familiar with the “Royal Appointment” accorded certain well-established businesses in England (most commonly seen on Dunhill packaging) FRIBOURG & TREYER’s not only held an identical appointment by the King of England, but they also had a similar “Royal Appointment”…
STANWELL Hand Made 87R
Denmark, 1960s An absolutely convincing and collectable large Stanwell chimney pipe from the registration era (1948 – early 1970s). The crowned “S” on the stem was introduced around 1960 so the pipe can be dated by the 1960s.
DAVIDOFF 102
France Zino Davidoff (1906-1994), one of the most famous tobacco businessmen and revolutionary (even iconic) people of the XX century’s culture said “the pipe is a valuable companion, the essence of tranquility and must be smoked with respect”.
LOEWE L & Co Mounted 914
England, 1960s – 1991 This wonderful and full of life canadian pipe from Loewe & Co is at the same time a very interesting and not really easy for understanding piece of smoking pipes history. The marking “London W.” specifies that the pipe has been made at family London factory in Haymarket. On the other…
BUTZ-CHOQUIN Calabash De Luxe
France A calabash shape (some call it “a bell”) was always highly appreciated by collectors as the most associated with the smoking pipes history and ancient traditional shapes. Therefore many companies and artisans offered their interpretation of the calabash pipe; and of course such a famous French manufactory as Butz-Choquin couldn’t lose the opportunity to…
GEORG JENSEN Antik 7244
Denmark Among with the Stanwell Georg Jensen pipes become also a symbol of Danish pipe making. For the long and successful history (1954 till 2001) the company pleased thousands of smokers around the Globe both with the reliable and affordable smoking devices and extremely rare and collectable freehands, such as “Straight Grain” series.
BUTZ-CHOQUIN Galion 1662
France Many experts claim French pipes are substantially underestimated and shadowed off by English and Italian products. At the same time a number of the greatest brands, such as Charatan’s, Comoy’s, GBD, were founded in France and only later moved to the UK. And of course we shouldn’t forget bright Sant-Claude phenomenon, a kind of…
