
Updated: Mar 06, 2010
Baff

Artisan:
David Wagner
See also
sVen an other Wagner's brand
Artisan: Baldo Baldi
Production (2008): not more than 200 pipes/year
Artisan : Baldo Baldi
Production (2008): pas plus de 200 pipes/an
Brand of Moss & Lowenhaup
(Wilczak & Colwell,
op. cit. p. 9)
Balleby
(Kurt)
Kolding

▲ ◊ Balleby, Hand Made, Denmark ◊
▲ A silver dot is imbedded between the shank & bowl (See enlarged view)
▲ Incrustation d'un point en argent entre tige et tête. (Voir vue agrandie)
Artisan: Kurt Balleby
Grading (ascending): sandblasts C B A Select
Production: ~ 200-250 Pipes / year
Barclay Rex

New York

▲ (Left side) ◊ Barclay, Rex ◊ (Bottom) ◊ 863 ◊ (On stem) ◊ France ◊
Brand created in 1910. The shop was situated on Maiden Lane.
Marque créée en 1910. Le magasin était situé sur Maiden lane.
▲ ◊ Bari, Special, Handcut, Made in Denmark, 847 ◊
▲ ◊ BARI Dana, Made in Denmark, 19 ◊
Brand founded by
Viggo Nielsen in 1950 and sold to Van Eicken Tobaccos in 1978. At this time
Age Bogelund managed Bari's production. The company has been bought in 1993 by Helmer Thomson.

Briar stem
▲ (Left side) ◊ Barok ◊
(Right side) ◊ Bruyere St Claude ◊
▲ (Underside) ◊ 549, Barok, England ◊
▲ ◊ Baronet Bruyere, 511 ◊
▲ ◊ Baronet Bruyere, 1015 ◊
▲ ◊ Baronet [ * * * ] ◊
▲ This Baronet doesn't seem to be from Savinelli.
LHS had a Baronet line and this pipe may be one of those.
▲ (Left side) ◊ Barontini, Cortina, 501 ◊ (Underside) ◊ Italy ◊
▲ ◊ Barontini, Classica, 706, Italy ◊
Baroque
▲ ◊ Baroque, England ◊
This brand is obviously from the same workshop than the "
Barok" (Made in England). The two pipes displayed in these pages have exactly the same shape and the same "B" logo on the stem.
▲ ◊ Barracini (top of shank) Imported Briar (Bottom) ◊
▲ ◊ Barrister, Made in France ◊
Pipes with this brand were carved in France and distributed in the USA by
L & H Stern.
Bartlett & Bickley

London

▲ ◊ BARBIC # 459 Bartlett & Bickley, Piccadily, London ◊
Bartoli

Massa Marittima, Toscana

▲
Artisan: Mauro Bartoli & daughters
Brand founded in 1950 by Mauro's father, Pietro Bartoli.
Artisan: Mauro Bartoli & ses filles
Marque fondée en 1950 par le père de Mauro, Pietro Bartoli.
▲ ◊ Bayard, 2 Carat, Bruyere Garantie ◊
Bayle
Courbevois

▲ ◊ Bayle "Aera", Saint Claude ◊
Brand created in 1968 by
Jean Etienne Gustave Bayle. The pipes were made in St Claude (France) by third parties like
Genod or
EWA. Brand stopped in 1980.
▲ (Left side) ◊ Own Make, BBB (in diamond) ◊
(Right side) ◊ Hesson, PATD DEC.22.1925, 2925 ◊
Early red diamond logo
▲ ◊ BBB (in diamond) Hand Made ◊ Ivory diamond ▲
▲ (Underside) ◊ BBB (in diamond) Special ◊
▲ ◊ BBB (in diamond), Tortoise ◊
▲ ◊ BBB (in diamond) (Two stars), Made in England ◊
▲ ◊ BBB (in diamond) Own make, Thorneycroft, London England, 427 ◊
▲ ◊ BBB (in diamond) Own Make, Thorneycroft, Made in England ◊ 636 (on mouthpiece)
▲ ◊ BBB (in diamond) Own Make, Ultima Thule ◊
BBB: " Best
British
Briar" is now a brand of the
Cadogan Company (
Oppenheimer group). American rights to use the brand name were sold to
Wally Frank in 1980.
Founder of the brand in 1847:
Louis Blumfeld. The oldest pipe brand name in the UK has been registered in 1876 (
Blumfeld Best Briar)
Grading (ascendant): Own Make, Bold Grain, Best Make, Rare Grain
BBK

Bru-Bu
BBK: Brunner-Buhofer-Kompagnie (1932-late 1970's) shortly called Bru-Bu. The workshop in Kleinlützel (Soleure/Solothurn) has been overtaken by
"Former" Nielsen in 1986.
▲ ◊ Challenger London England, BB&S 5276 ◊
▲ (Left side) ◊ Royal Londoner, Made in England ◊
(Right side) ◊ B.B.&S , 489S ◊
▲ ◊ PORTLAND PIPE CO., B.B.& S London Made England, Dearborn ◊