England, 1950-60s, unsmoked An unsmoked example of the Hardcastle’s craftsmanship from the 1946-1967 period. The company was already adopted under the Dunhill umbrella, but family management of the company retained a certain independence in production and marketing. Therefore the pipe is interesting both as a creature of the legendary old, good and famous English manufactory…
Italy Great example of success of a pipemaker from a small Italian town! GiGi is a nikname of Luigi “Gigi” Crugnola born in 1934 in Gavirate (a municipality in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 60 kilometres (37 mi) northwest of Milan). By a lucky coincidence the same year Rovera pipe company was founded by…
England, 1970s The Londoner line was introduced already after the acquisition of the Barling family business by Imperial Tobacco. But after some time the production of most pipes including the Londoner series was moved to other countries such as Italy, Denmark and France. Therefore our pipe is quite rare because it has been made still…
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”.
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…
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…
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”…
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.
Italy, 1982-87 Carlo Scotti, founder (in 1943) of Castello trademark used to say “I run an artisan business and not a factory; my pipes are artistic pieces, the fruit of skilled hands, hearts and imaginations”. Over next years Scotti’s company shown how it’s possible to join the highest aesthetic and technical qualities and today Castelly…
Ireland Fatastic and absolutely refined bent pipe from Petersons. Perhaps we don’t need to perform any detailed explanations – the pipe speaks for itself!