Valby is the name of a danish town lying north of Copenhagen.

Vander Elst is a brand of the Tabacofina Vander Elst NV company, an Anvers-based manufacturer of cigars and tobacco.

 

 

Ropp's export brand for leather wrapped pipes.

Artisan: Viggo Nielsen (born 1927) starts making pipes during WWII. He estabishes his own Bari factory in 1948. The business is sold to a German tobacco manufacturer in 1978 and from this period on he starts the "Faaborg Pipe" (Fåborg Pibe) with his two sons Jørgen Nielsen and Kai Nielsen.
The "Jewel of Denmark" stamping is reserved for perfect pipes (flawless straight grain).

See also: Dr Grabow Viking, Crown Viking

Retired Artisan: Pierre Vincent
French revolution commemoration (1789 - 1989).
See also the pipe commemorating the 200th anniversary of the independence of the United States.
Other french flag logo: Ropp Nationale

Same Logo as Cellini (an other Brebbia second).
Others fleur-de-lis logos: Ajustomatic, Duke of Kent, Fleur de Lis, Harrington Park, Omega, Thomas,

The brand has been created at Bruxelles in 1864 by Jean Batiste Vinche and runed after him by his son Victor. Marcel and René Vinche managed the corporate from 1927 on.
The brand is famous for its meerschaum pipes but briar pipes were also produced after 1938. Today (2009) the firm is managed by Jacques Vinche in collaboration with Jeff and Mia Koopmans who joined in 1977.

Artisan: Luigi Viprati (born 1953) full time pipemaker since 1982.

Grading (ascending): From 1 to 5 clovers. There is no Grade 3 (the number is considered unlucky by some Italians).

Top pipes are marked as Fiammatas.

Rusticated pipes are ungraded.

See also: La Pipa

▲ The green-blueish abbalone (mother of pearl) spot is inlaid in an exotic wood extension.
"MM" refers to a briar ebauchon cut by Mimmo (Romeo Domenico , Taggia, Italy), "The king of the briar". ▼

Artisan: Lee Von Erck.
Grading (ascending): C (not sold), B, A, AA, AAA (extremely rare)
Serial number 40138 (example): Pipe carved in 2004 (40 inverse of 04). 138th pipe in the year.
Production (2007): 150 to 250 pipes/year

Brand stopped in the early 70s.
Artisan: Pat Vottis

Brand of the Penn Tobacco Company formed in Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania in 1901 by Russell Uhl († 1914) and Henry Weigand († 1942). Bruce Peters was a Treasurer of the company.
There were four pipes in the line offered by the company: the Bruce Peters (top of the line), the Silver Mac Duff, the Vox Pop, and the Broadcaster. The pipes were manufactured for Penn by Henry Leonard & Thomas, manufacturers of Dr. Grabow pre-smoked pipes.
These pipes could only be purchased as promotional items using coupons from the company's tobaccos.

Vuillard is a brand of E. Vuillard & Cie a company having been taken over in 1988 by the Cuty-Fort group owning also Chacom or Jean Lacroix.
From the same maker: Kola, Captain Comfy, Windsor
The Corsica brand from Henri Vuillard isn't a second of this one.