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Royal Ascot

Duncan
 England
Brands with crown logo

 

 (Left side) Royal Ascot, De Luxe
Brands with crown logo

 (Left side) Royal Ascot, Supreme
  (Right side) Algerian Briar, France
 See also (same crown logo): Corsican Briar.
Brands with crown logo

  Royal Ascot, Supreme
Brands with animal logo

 

  Royal, Ascot, London Made
  This Royal Ascot with a horseshoe logo doesn't seem to be of French descent but of English origin.
Pipes with this brand were manufactured in France for Duncan (according to J.M. Lopes, op. cit. and Wilczak & Colwell, op. cit.). They were destined to US market and sold by Mastercraft.

Royal British

 
Brands with crown logo

 (Left side) Royal British (Right side) Made in London, England, 206

Royal Bruyere

Hardcastle
 England
 
Brands with crown logo

 (Left side) Royal Bruyere, Extra
   (Right side) Made in London, England
   (Bottom) 836

Royal Captain

 
Brands with two letters logo

(Left side Royal Captain (Right side) Made in Belgium, Imported Briar
Wilczak & Colwell (op. cit.) list the label as a second or a line of Savinelli. This seems in contradiction with the "Made in Belgium" stamping on this pipe.

Royal Castle

Hardcastle
England
Brands with an unique letter logo

 

  Royal Castel, Made in London England

Royal Coachman

Chapuis-Comoy
 France
Brands with shield logo

 (Left side) Royal Coachman (Right side) 134
The logo is worn out by buffing. See here a better version.

Royal Crown

Hardcastle
 England
Brands with crown logo

  Royal Crown Windsor, Made in England, GIANT
Brands with crown logo

 

  Royal Crown Windsor

Royal Danish

Stanwell
 Denmark
Brands with crown logo

  Royal Danish Made in Denmark 922
Same crown logo: Danish Natural

Royal Dental

Duncan
England
Brands with an unique letter logo

 

 (Left side) Royal Dental
(Right side) Popular, Made in England, Pat. No 382443
Both the logo on the stem and the "Popular" stamping on the right side of the shank allow to attribute this label to Duncan. Click enlarged view to check up the special bit of this pipe.

Royal Duke

 England
Losange, Diamond

 (Left side)

Royal Duke, London Made

(Right side)

London. England 117

Royal Dutch

 Netherlands
Brands with crown logo

  Royal Dutch Sandgrain Importec Briar 1611 R Made in Holland
Royal Dutch Pipe Factory.
See Big Ben, Roermond, Amphora

Royal Falcon

Comoy
 England
Brands with animal logo

  (Left side) Royal Falcon
   (Right side) Made in London, England
See also: Falcon (Comoy)

Royal Guard

Stanwell
 Denmark
 
Brands with two letters logo

  Inverted A and U
Error on stamping

 

  Royal Guard, 42, Made in Denmark     Logo on the upper side of the stem

Royal Lancer

 England

 

 

 
Brands with crown logo

 

  Royal Lancer, Imported Briar

Royal Lane

 
Brands with two letters logo

 

Royal London

 England
Brand with an architecture logo

 

 (Left side) Royal London, Made in England
Same castle logo: London Town

Royal Sovereign

Orlik
 England
Brands with crown logo

  (Left side) Royal Sovereign, Made in England   (Right side) 35

Royal Star

 
Brands with two letters logo

 

Royal York

 
Brands with person logo

  Royal York, Made in France
The logo represents a knight's head.
Other knight's head: Le Chevalier

Royale

 England
Brands with shield logo

 (Left side) R C (In shield) ROYALE
  (Right side) Made in England
Royale is a brand of Marechal & Ruchon & Co Ltd. (M R C initials on blazon) which had two head offices: one in London and one in Paris both under control of the Oppenheimer holding.
See also: Town Club, Country Club and Marcee

Royalton

 USA
Brands with an unique letter logo

 

 (Left side) Royalton, Smoke Control, Supreme
  (Right side) Imported Briar Pat. N 02526658
Royalton pipes were manufactured by HLT (Henry Leonard & Thomas, Inc. of Ozone Park, New York), according to a 1944 advertisement. (see document).
Other brands manufactured by Henry Leonard & Thomas: Dr Grabow, Bruce Peters, Broadcaster, Vox Pop

Rustique

 
Brands with arrow logo

 

  Rustique Hand Made
Same arrow logo: Shelton Square

Ruth

Dennis
 USA

no logo on the stem

 (Left side)

― Handcrafted by, Dennis Ruth ―

The pipes are usualy stamped with a 5 digit number.

Ruthenberg

Brian
 USA

no logo on the stem

 (Left side) [Caliper] Ruthenberg, USA, Handmade, 03 ―

Artisan: Brian Ruthenberg started to carve pipes in 2001 on part time. In 2005 he went fulltime at making high grade pipes.

Until Oct 2002 pipes are stamped "BAR" (carver's initials).

Early grading (canceled in 2002) (ascending): 04, 03, 02, 01, 00. Semi-rusticated and rusticated were stamped R1 and R2.

From 2002 on the identification became "RUTHENBERG" (arched) over "USA" over "HANDMADE" (straight)

The pipes are year dated: 03 = 2003

"Caliper" (or compass) grade: exceptional pipes with perfectly centered straight grain or regular ring grain.

Pipes marked with an "F" (Flawed/Filled) are not to be sold. They are gifts or smoked by the artisan himself.

Ryzhenko

Valery: see V. Beast
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