Miscellaneous symbols

Crown & letters
▲ ◊ Alfred, Lines England ◊
▲ ◊ Ben Wade Golden Walnut Made in Denmark ◊
Made by
Preben Holm
Brand founded In the 1860's. Lane Ltd. (NYC) bought the brand in 1962 and closed the factory in Leeds in 1965. During the period 1972 - 1989 Ben Wade pipes were mass produced for Lane Ltd. by
Preben Holm's worshop in his very personal style.
Peter Wilson owner of
Duncan Pipes bought the rights of the brand in 1998.
Ben Wade's seconds:
Bridge,
Dr Mc Quade,
Allerton
▲ (Left side) ◊ Cambridge (Script) ◊
(Right side) ◊ English Fashion, Selected Quality ◊
According to Wilczak & Colwell,
op. cit. this is an English brand which may belong to makers or sellers as different as Hall & Fitzgerals,
Comoy,
GBD and ...
John Aylesbury.
See also:
Passat (Same logo)
▲ ◊ Commodore, Made in London, England ◊
▲ ◊ Commodore, Made in London, England ◊
Brand sold by Comoy or Charatan
▲ (Left side) ◊ Coronation, Slalom ◊
(Right side) ◊ St Claude ◊
This brand seems not to have any relationship whith its English homonym.
▲◊ Il Duca Italy ◊
Artisan: Massimiliano Rimensi
Adress: Via Ermes Dal Vecchio,29
45030 Occhiobello (RO) Italy
▲ (Underside) ◊ Elwood, of London ◊ The sterling silver band is hallmarked ◊ L&JS ◊
Artisan:
Leslie Wood
This brand corresponds to an early production of L. Wood. The evolution by stylization of the logo (crowned ED) explains the puzzling symbol decorating the mouthpieces of the
Leslie Wood pipes.
See also:
Ferndown.
▲ ◊ JARL Made in Denmark T.V. 1634 ◊
▲ ◊ Kingsway, Made in Denmark, 48 ◊
▲ ◊ W.O.Larsen, Made in Denmark ◊
▲ (Left side) ◊ Majestic ◊ (Bottom) ◊ Made in Denmark◊
▲ ◊ Monte Verdi, Made in Denmark, By Hand, Golden Tan ◊
▲ ◊ Moretti, Recanati ◊
▲ This Moretti pipe was crafted by
Igino Moretti (2005 †) who is Marco's father-in-law. Igino stamped his shanks with uppercase letters while
Marco Biagini's are in script.
The logo is faint but one can make out a crowned "M".
▲ (Left side) ◊ Moretti, Recanati ◊
(Underside) ◊ Special Flamme, 1004 ◊
▲ Pipe crafted by Igino Moretti (2005 †).
The logo has the crowned M with a pipe.
▲ (Left side) ◊ Passat, Ventil Pipe (Curved) ◊ (Right side) ◊ Alt Bruyere, Deutsche Arbeit ◊
▲ ◊ Preben Holm, CROWN, Hand Made in Denmark ◊
▲ ◊ Savory's, Argyll, Made in London, England, 343 ◊
▲ Crowned "S" with a dot indicates an acrylic stem. Stanwell started using acrylic for their mouthpieces in 1995. This dot addition has been discontinued.
▲ (Underside) ◊ Wengholt, Designer, Straight Grain ◊
◊ Hand Made In Denmark, G. M5 ◊
▲ ◊ KBB (In clover) Yello-Bole, Reg US Pat Off, Imperial, Cured with real Honey ◊