▲ (left side) NON CANTA LA RAGANELLA Prima
(right side) DAC 281
(Underside) Scorta 1953
▲ (Left side)
LA RAGANELLA
Vecchia Scorta
(Right side)
DAC (In cartouche), 326
(Underside)
Lusso
(On top)
O
▲ (Left side) Raganella, M. Lubinski
(Right side) Gamma 514, Per Montanari, Modena
(Underside) Made in Italy
Non cata la raganella. Translation: "the frog doesn't sing" refers to the non-gargling of the tobacco juice.
Alternative nomenclatures:
Raganella, La Raganella, Non Canta La Raganella, NCRL
See also: Anselmi (Adriano)
Rainer Barbi (1948 - †May 2011) started with the production of pipes in 1974.
Grading started in the 1980s (ascending): CC, CB, CA, BC, BB, BA, AC, AB, AA, C, B, A, A0, A1, A2, ...
Date stampings:
1987 - 1992 : 2 or 3 numbers. i.e. 69=June 1989
1992 - 1997 : 4 numbers (month and year)
1997 - 2011 : Month code(Z=jan, M=dec) Year code (A=1997, B=1998 ...)
See also a Barbi pipe designed for Brebbia.