▲ Pipe from the first period.

▲ Pipe with a briar mouthpiece (first period). Other brands with such a mouthpiece: Barnaby, Kaywoodie Allbriar, LHS (Purex Allbriar). Brand with an other wood stem: Salvatella

Brand founded by Giorgio Imperatori in 1977 (first period) and bought by Franco Corinaldesi Rossi (second period, about 1996) when Giorgio retired. Franco and his sister Nadia are the current (2011) Il Ceppo pipe makers.

Grading system.

Pipes from the first period:

• "Il Ceppo" stamping slightly curved
• A to H and a 4-5 digit number
• Group number in a triangle

Pipes from the second period:

• Straight "Il Ceppo" stamping
• 1: Sandblasted
• 2: Partially rusticated
• 3: Partially sandblasted
• 4-5-6-7: Smooth (ascending grain quality)
• 9: Rusticated

Sub brand: Amarcord

Artisan: Poul Ilsted (born 1946) carves pipes since 1968. He has worked for Erik Nørding, Svendborg and W.O. Larsen before making himself independant.
Production (2009): ~ 150 pipes/year
Speciality: facet pipes
Grading is a combination of a letter and a number.
(e. g. F 3)
The letter grade (ascending): from A to J
The number grade (ascending): from 1 to 4
Wether the "2 B" marking is equivalent to "B 2" (both occur) is not known.

 

Inderwick & Co was founded in the early 19th century by John Inderwick. The warehouse was situated 58 Princes St, Leicester Sqr, London

Artisan: Ingo Garbe carved his first pipes from 1967 in Germany. He moved then to Denmark. His pipes only bear his name and a "Runic" style G. No grade, no shape number, no date code.
Early pipes were stamped "Ingo G."

▲ Logo: Rearing horse (faint)

Former artisans: Colin Fromm and Colin Leeson.
Brand created in 1974. Colin Fromm continued on his own with the Castleford brand.
Some Invicta pipes are issued from the cooperation between Colin Fromm, Bill Ashton Taylor and Les Wood.
2010: Colin Leeson retiring, Peter Ellam continues to be the sole craftsman of Invicta Pipes.

▲ Pipes from this tobacconist and manufactured by the Royal Dutch Pipe Factory usualy have an incercled IRC logo on their stems. See also: Big-Ben

Iwan Ries & Co has been providing Chicago smokers with pipes, cigars and tobaccos since 1857. The store has a little smoking room to the left in the back. An authentic old Chicago decor.
Address: 19 S. Wabash Ave. Chicago, IL
See also: La Salle

 

Artisan: Ivan Holst Nielsen was a well recognized pipe maker in the late 1960s and 1970s. After an long interruption he started again producing pipes about 2008.

Artisan: Lars Ivarsson (born 1944) is the son of Sixten Ivarsson and father of Nana Ivarsson.
Production (2009): 50-100 pipes/year

Artisan: Nana Ivarsson (born 19??) is the second daughter of Lars and granddaughter of Sixten Ivarsson

Production (2010): ~ 70 pipes/year.

The pipes are stamped with the same Lars' round stamp. An additional stamp in curved letters is showing the initials "NI" (contracted or seperated letters).

Dating: the two last digits of the number figuring on each pipe correspond to the year of manufacture (i.e. 07=2007). The two first digits indicate the manufacture rank in the year.

Early markings: the date is encircled in Ivarsson stamp (comparable to Sixten ).