USA, 1980-83 “It is my desire to create sensual pipes, beautifully grained that are pleasing to the eye. I work with only the rarest of briar burls that are seasoned in a manner that allows for a minimal break in period and a very smooth smoking pipe. The briar grows in the wild and there…
Belgium – Netherlands, 1980s A pipe from the very old and highly respected European manufacturer. The foundation of the Hillson brand was laid in the City of Bree, Belgium, in 1846 when the clay pipes where widely offered, but until the end of the XIX century the company becomes a famous supplier of briar pipes….
Italy, 1960-65 Today we would call it “a challenge”. Over the last century many artisans and manufacturers represented their embodiment of the wax-drip pipes imitating the candle surface. The first pipe was carved by Castello, a few really stunning examples were made under the Ser Jacopo, Radice, Ardor, Larysson and even Dunhill brands. But one…
Denmark, 2000s A pipe from our own collection obtained in the early 2000s and smoked regularly and pleasantly. Inititally it was a smooth pipe with a number of factiry fills, but in the course of time it became not really nice look. Therefore it was recently rusticated in order to achieve both a better loook…
England, 1960s An amazing example of the Lane era Charatan’s very high grade pipes art. That’s not yet an incredibly huge creature specific for the Charatan’s late 1960s, but the pipe has at the same time almost no conservative family era traits, thus we would date this fine piece of art by the middle of…
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…