Match

▲ ◊ Match, St Claude◊

Mathias

see Eder Mathias

Mathiss

▲ ◊ Mathiss Extra [Triangle] 3141 , N ◊

Mattner

▲ ◊ Mattner Johannesburg ◊

Artisan: William Mattner (†) of german origin.

Matzhold

Peter

▲ (Underside)

◊― Matzhold [spermatozoon]―◊

◊― Hand made, in Austria ―◊

◊― 8 D―◊

Artisan: Peter Matzhold (born 1952) is a fulltime pipemaker since 1978.

Production (2006): ~ 200 pipes/year

Grading (ascending): A, B (both rarely used), C, D up to G. CU is for the very top pieces.

Maurizio

▲ ◊ Calabash by Maurizio ◊

This brand has nothing to do with Maurizio Tombari's Le Nuvole.

Mauro

Armellini

▲ (Left side) ◊ Mauro, Series II ◊
(Right side) ◊ Italy, 325 ◊

▲ (Left side) ◊ Mauro, Serie II ◊

Wilczak & Colwell, op. cit. attribute this brand to Mauro Bartoli. But both the dot and the "m" logos allow to attribute definitively this brand to Mauro Armellini.

Peterson's P-Lip and its Armellini variant

Mauro Cateni

▲
(Left side) ◊ Mauro Cateni, Arte Individuale◊
(Right side) ◊ Sel. Nuova Rossa ◊

Probably a fictional person name for a second brand of an unknown manufacturer.
Known line names: Brulio, Classica, Gialla, Nuova Rossa,

Max Brandt

Artisan: Max Brandt is the son of Oliver Brandt ("Olive").

Markings: Max's pipes are stamped with the MB initials. The "Brandy" line is realized in common.

Grading for "MB" (and "Olive") pipes (ascending):

AA, EX1, ..., EX12, Artline and Rune (rare)

Grading for "Brandy"s (ascending): 1,2, ..., 12

Maxim

The Maxim brand was produced for whole sale company Terella in Hamburg. Terella delivers the Wolsdorff tobaconnist's chain throughout Germany. These pipes were made by Oldenkott and today by Design Berlin.

Maxima

Mc Gahey

Comoy

▲ (Left side) ◊ Mc Gahey ◊
(Right side) ◊ Made in London (in circle) England, 56071 ◊

Mc Intosch

Salvatella

▲ (Top) ◊ Mc Intosch, Royal Brown ◊ (Bottom) ◊ 2218, ENGLAND ◊

Some Mc Intosch pipes are sometimes stamped "ENGLAND". This marking doesn't refer to the country of origin but is merely a marketing argument.

Medico

Meier & Frank

▲ ◊ (Side 1) Meier & Frank, Natural Grain (Side 2) Made in London, England ◊

Name of a former chain of departement store founded in Portland Oregon (USA) in 1857.

Meliora cogito

by Massimo Angelo for Ser Jacopo

for Dante pipes

Mercier

(See P. Mercier)

Merlin

▲ ◊ J/F, Merlin, Made in Kenia ◊

▲ (Left side) ◊ 73 Merlin ◊
(Right side) ◊ Made in Tanganyika ◊

▲ Same antilop logo: Safari

Merlin was a brand of the Oppenheimer group. The meerschaum pipes were produced in association with Tanganyika Meerschaum Corporation from Amboseli Pipes. (J.M. Lopes, op. cit.)

See also: Countryman, GBD, Kiko, Kikob, Kilimanjaro, Kudu, Twiga, Sportsman

Merton

▲ ◊ Merton, Bruyere fine de St. Claude ◊

Former brand of Harold Merton who owned a factory in Saint Claude (France).