▲ (Underside) ◊ Made in Dublin, Ireland ◊
(Underside) ◊ B.P.L Special ◊
(Underside) ◊ Shannon Airport ◊
A brand of Briar Pipes Limited, Dublin. (See the picture of the box)
Balleby
(Kurt)
Kolding

▲ ◊ Balleby, Hand Made, Denmark ◊
▲ A silver dot is imbedded between the shank & bowl (See enlarged view)
Artisan: Kurt Balleby
Grading (ascending): sandblasts, C, B, A, Select
Production: ~ 200-250 Pipes / year
▲ (Left side) ◊ Barclay, Rex ◊ (Bottom) ◊ 863 ◊ (On stem) ◊ France ◊
Brand created in 1910. The shop was situated on Maiden Lane. Three addresses now (2010):
75 Broad Street, 70 East 42nd Street, 570 Lexington Avenue.
▲ ◊ Bari, Special, Handcut, Made in Denmark, 847 ◊
▲ ◊ BARI Dana, Made in Denmark, 19 ◊
▲ ◊ BARI Senior, Made in Denmark, 586 ◊
▲ (Left side) ◊ Bari Don ◊ (Right side) ◊ Superior Quality ◊
Brand founded by
Viggo Nielsen in 1950 and sold to Van Eicken Tobaccos in 1978. At this time
Age Bogelund managed Bari's production. The company has been bought in 1993 by Helmer Thomsen.
Bari's second:
Don, Proctus