▲ ◊ Balleby, Hand Made, Denmark ◊
▲ A silver dot is imbedded between the shank & bowl (See enlarged view)
La Salle
▲ (Left side) ◊ La Salle ◊ (Underside) ◊ Made in France ◊
La Salle was a Iwan Ries & Co (IRC) import brand for leather wrapped pipes made in France. These pipes are listed in the 1962 tobacconist's catalog.
Schiffsmakler Jürgensen
▲ (Left side) ◊ Schiffsmakler Jürgensen, Flensburg ◊ (Stem's underside) ◊ France ◊
Private label of the Jürgensen shipbroker established in Flensburg (Germany) and famous for having inspired the painter Otto Heinrich Engel (1866-1949). A french crafted pipe distributed as a corporate gift.
Tabago
Artisan: Baard Hansen
This pipe has NOT been carved by Baard Hansen but by a former Stanwell's employee who made his pipes with a ◊Tabago Handmade in Denmark◊ stamping during a short period in the 1970th.
Baard Hansen doesn't use any logo on his own and true TABAGO pipes.
Vinche
▲ (Left side) ◊ Vinche, Doublee Ecume ◊ (Right side) ◊ Extra ◊
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.
▲ ◊ WDC (In triangle) Milano Imported Briar ◊ ▲
▲ ◊ WDC (In triangle) Guardsman, Genuine Briar, Deresined Processed ◊
▲ ◊ WDC (In triangle), Dunlop, Kerly Briar ◊
▲ ◊ WDC (In triangle) Kensington ◊
▲ ◊ WDC (In triangle),Wellington ◊
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