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[[File:BBB Add.jpg|thumb|Courtesy, Doug Valitchka]][[File:BBB Add 1957.jpg|thumb|Courtesy, Doug Valitchka]]The initials once stood for Blumfeld’s Best Briars after Louis Blumfeld, who took over the management of the Adolph Frankau Company in 1856. After his death, the BBB gradually became known as Britain’s Best Briars. Soon to be the oldest English trademark in current use and the first pipe ever to have a registered trade mark. "Britain's Best Briars", often called BBB, is one of the oldest brands still in production and has always been the most popular foreign brand in Denmark. Earlier pipes included a metal rondel with a diamond shape including BBB imbedded in the stem top, and later post-Cadogan went to a stamped on logo, similar to the GBD pipes. | [[File:BBB Add.jpg|thumb|Courtesy, Doug Valitchka]] | ||
[[File:BBB Add 1957.jpg|thumb|Courtesy, Doug Valitchka]] | |||
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<revive zone="19" align="right" caption="An excellent selection of Estate pipes is available at The Danish Pipe Shop (A Pipedia Underwriter)" /> | |||
The initials once stood for Blumfeld’s Best Briars after Louis Blumfeld, who took over the management of the [[A. Frankau & Co.|Adolph Frankau Company]] in 1856. After his death, the BBB gradually became known as Britain’s Best Briars. Soon to be the oldest English trademark in current use and the first pipe ever to have a registered trade mark. "Britain's Best Briars", often called BBB, is one of the oldest brands still in production and has always been the most popular foreign brand in Denmark. Earlier pipes included a metal rondel with a diamond shape including BBB imbedded in the stem top, and later post-Cadogan went to a stamped on logo, similar to the GBD pipes. | |||
'''Dating and History:''' | '''Dating and History:''' | ||
[[File:BBB Birmingham 1912.jpg|thumb|BBB Birmingham 1912.Courtesy Yuriy Novikov]][[File:BBB-Cavalier--R&L.jpg|thumb|Circa 1912 Cavalier in fitted case, courtesy [http://www.racineandlaramie.com/ Racine & Laramie Tobacconist]]] | [[File:BBB Birmingham 1912.jpg|thumb|BBB Birmingham 1912.Courtesy Yuriy Novikov]] | ||
[[File:BBB OwnMake.jpg|thumb|Courtesy Doug Valitchka]][[File:BBB74Xmas01.jpg|thumb|Courtesy, Doug Valitchka]][[File:BBBMinervaMatt07.jpg|thumb|Courtesy, Doug Valitchka]][[File:BBBMinervaMatt09.jpg|thumb|Courtesy, Doug Valitchka]][[Image:BBB_04.jpg|right|thumb]][[Image:BBB_19.jpg|thumb]]I have been doing some digging into BBB pipes for some we have for VPC auctions and I found an article online in French. Here is a Babelfish translation of a history of BBB from http://www.fumeursdepipe.net/artbbb.htm | [[File:BBB-Cavalier--R&L.jpg|thumb|Circa 1912 Cavalier in fitted case, courtesy [http://www.racineandlaramie.com/ Racine & Laramie Tobacconist]]] | ||
[[File:BBB OwnMake.jpg|thumb|Courtesy Doug Valitchka]] | |||
[[File:BBB74Xmas01.jpg|thumb|Courtesy, Doug Valitchka]] | |||
[[File:BBBMinervaMatt07.jpg|thumb|Courtesy, Doug Valitchka]] | |||
[[File:BBBMinervaMatt09.jpg|thumb|Courtesy, Doug Valitchka]] | |||
[[Image:BBB_04.jpg|right|thumb]][[Image:BBB_19.jpg|thumb]] | |||
I have been doing some digging into BBB pipes for some we have for VPC auctions and I found an article online in French. Here is a Babelfish translation of a history of BBB from http://www.fumeursdepipe.net/artbbb.htm | |||
Genesis and history of the company. | Genesis and history of the company. | ||
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File:BBB Hallmark.jpeg | File:BBB Hallmark.jpeg | ||
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Enter in scene Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881), author of "Hero and worship of the heroes". This last advises with Mrs Frankau not to sell, but to entrust the future of the company to the hands of the young person Louis Blumfeld, then 18 years old. Carlyle was to have a very high opinion of the Louis young person, and this confidence was justified by its assumption of responsibility of the business, its enthusiasm and its inexhaustible energy. Louis realizes quickly, like others, great potential of the Heather, from which the interest comes to be recognized. | Enter in scene Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881), author of "Hero and worship of the heroes". This last advises with Mrs Frankau not to sell, but to entrust the future of the company to the hands of the young person Louis Blumfeld, then 18 years old. Carlyle was to have a very high opinion of the Louis young person, and this confidence was justified by its assumption of responsibility of the business, its enthusiasm and its inexhaustible energy. Louis realizes quickly, like others, great potential of the Heather, from which the interest comes to be recognized. | ||
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File:BBB 1912 Catalog pg109 Glokar.jpg|Page 109 | File:BBB 1912 Catalog pg109 Glokar.jpg|Page 109 | ||
File:BBB 1912 Catalog pg110 Glokar.jpg|Page 110 | File:BBB 1912 Catalog pg110 Glokar.jpg|Page 110 | ||
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<gallery widths=300 heights=200 caption="Glokar examples, courtesy Tim Lomprey"> | |||
BBB1905Glokar.jpg|Hallmarked 1905, the first year of the Glokar Patent | |||
BBB1911GlokarBulldog.jpg|Hallmarked 1911 | |||
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[[File:GlokarClassPipes.jpg|thumb|600px|BBB Glokar Class Pipes: two Cornells, a Princeton, and a University of Michigan (see '''[[College Class Pipes]]''' for additional photos and information), courtesy Brian Robertson]] | |||
<gallery widths=250 heights=185 caption="1910 BBB Glokar Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity Pipe, courtesy Brian Robertson"> | |||
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<gallery widths=250px heights=250px caption="An attractive example of a 1913 BBB with Glokar Trade mark stamping on top of the stem, courtesy Doug Valitchka"> | <gallery widths=250px heights=250px caption="An attractive example of a 1913 BBB with Glokar Trade mark stamping on top of the stem, courtesy Doug Valitchka"> | ||
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'''Note:''' The new owner of this pipe may be writing a section for us on the Glokar pipes for inclusion here, including a review of its relative merits. Stay tuned! | '''Note:''' The new owner of this pipe may be writing a section for us on the Glokar pipes for inclusion here, including a review of its relative merits. Stay tuned! | ||
<gallery widths=300 heights=200 caption="1920 hallmarked example and details, courtesy Doug Valitchka"> | <gallery widths=300 heights=200 caption="1920 hallmarked example and details, courtesy Doug Valitchka"> | ||
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It is thought that the first BBB in fact were imported, and that the initial ones wanted to symbolize, at the beginning, Blumfeld' S Best Briars. Small-with-small, these initial was included/understood like Britain' s Best Briars. | It is thought that the first BBB in fact were imported, and that the initial ones wanted to symbolize, at the beginning, Blumfeld' S Best Briars. Small-with-small, these initial was included/understood like Britain' s Best Briars. | ||
At the beginning, BBB produces two qualities. One, BBB Own Make, became finally BBB Best Make, other pipes being simply estampillées BBB. There are reasons to believe that Own Make in fact were produced in London (Reject pipes cuts year R stamped one them.), whereas the simple BBB were imported, and this, to the paddle of the 20th century. However, if all that is not very clear, it is probable that the lines low-of-range were imported of Saint-Claude. | At the beginning, BBB produces two qualities. One, BBB Own Make, became finally BBB Best Make, other pipes being simply estampillées BBB. There are reasons to believe that Own Make in fact were produced in London (Reject pipes cuts year R stamped one them.), whereas the simple BBB were imported, and this, to the paddle of the 20th century. However, if all that is not very clear, it is probable that the lines low-of-range were imported of [[Saint-Claude]]. | ||
Collection BBB follows the same lines as the other manufacturers of pipes of second half of the 19th century. The forms similar with the popular models with a prevalence of were curved. A majority of them had a silver ring. In same time, BBB continues to deliver meerschaum pipes. | Collection BBB follows the same lines as the other manufacturers of pipes of second half of the 19th century. The forms similar with the popular models with a prevalence of were curved. A majority of them had a silver ring. In same time, BBB continues to deliver meerschaum pipes. | ||
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Whereas the shapes of the briar pipes are similar with those of the other marks, the models develop a very nowadays required distinct character by the collectors. Besides BBB gains the gold medal to the Franco-Britanique Exposure in London of 1908 (Frank Bowcher, 1864-1938) and to the World Fair and International of Brussels in 1910, medal of Godefroid Devreese (1861-1941). One finds these medals, in particular on the advertising folders of the Fifties and Sixties. | Whereas the shapes of the briar pipes are similar with those of the other marks, the models develop a very nowadays required distinct character by the collectors. Besides BBB gains the gold medal to the Franco-Britanique Exposure in London of 1908 (Frank Bowcher, 1864-1938) and to the World Fair and International of Brussels in 1910, medal of Godefroid Devreese (1861-1941). One finds these medals, in particular on the advertising folders of the Fifties and Sixties. | ||
<gallery widths=300 heights=200 caption="BBB Rare Grain example and detail, courtesy Doug Valitchka"> | |||
BBB-RairGrain01.jpg | |||
BBB-RairGrain07.jpg | |||
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<gallery widths=300 heights=300 caption="BBB Silver Grain example and detail, courtesy Doug Valitchka"> | |||
File:BBBSilverGrain01.jpg | |||
File:BBBSilverGrain07.jpg | |||
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At the time, the practice wanted that the order of price is according to the matter of the pipe: extrusive rock, horn, amber, ambrolith... In the same way, the price varied as same way as the size of the pipe. For example, in 1914, the wholesale price of a simple billiard was to vary between 15 shillings and 22 shillings and 6 pence because of the size of the pipe and the floc (not of screw or tenon). Though it is, it seems strange that Liverpool of five inches length with an amber pipe coutait 12 shillings in great quantity whereas the same one with a pipe in ambrolith cost, it, 19 shillings. | At the time, the practice wanted that the order of price is according to the matter of the pipe: extrusive rock, horn, amber, ambrolith... In the same way, the price varied as same way as the size of the pipe. For example, in 1914, the wholesale price of a simple billiard was to vary between 15 shillings and 22 shillings and 6 pence because of the size of the pipe and the floc (not of screw or tenon). Though it is, it seems strange that Liverpool of five inches length with an amber pipe coutait 12 shillings in great quantity whereas the same one with a pipe in ambrolith cost, it, 19 shillings. | ||
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Middle of the years 1950 with that of the Sixties, the lines are relatively stable. At the top, Own Make "Rare Grain", then the line virgin with hearth in scum, Own Make "Virgin", Own Make "Walnut" and finally Own Make "Thorneycroft". | Middle of the years 1950 with that of the Sixties, the lines are relatively stable. At the top, Own Make "Rare Grain", then the line virgin with hearth in scum, Own Make "Virgin", Own Make "Walnut" and finally Own Make "Thorneycroft". | ||
<gallery widths=300 heights=200 caption="BBB Virgin and nomenclature, courtesy Doug Valitchka"> | |||
File:BBBVirgin01.jpg | |||
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Currently, Cadogan uses Spanish heather for the majority of its pipes, and holds the heather of Morocco for the production of high quality. Before being sent to them, the heather dried between 6 and 12 months. | Currently, Cadogan uses Spanish heather for the majority of its pipes, and holds the heather of Morocco for the production of high quality. Before being sent to them, the heather dried between 6 and 12 months. | ||
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1 - Adolph Oppenheimer started a business of Import Export general in 1860, and his/her brother, Charles, joined the company in the current of the year. Adolph taken its retirement in 1870 and moved in Germany, where he became British Consul then Consul general, letting Charles take the control of the businesses. Louis Adler, who was the brother-in-law of Oppenheimer, became a collaborator when Adolph left the company. The two brothers did not have a descent, and the property of the company passed to the Adler family. About 1870, the company imported pipes GBD in Great Britain from Paris. The association of Oppenheimer with GBD was such a success that in 1897, Oppenheimer became the sole agent of the French pipe company. Five years later, the French owners of GBD, Marechal Ruchon & Co, amalgamated with A. Oppenheimer. | 1 - Adolph Oppenheimer started a business of Import Export general in 1860, and his/her brother, Charles, joined the company in the current of the year. Adolph taken its retirement in 1870 and moved in Germany, where he became British Consul then Consul general, letting Charles take the control of the businesses. Louis Adler, who was the brother-in-law of Oppenheimer, became a collaborator when Adolph left the company. The two brothers did not have a descent, and the property of the company passed to the Adler family. About 1870, the company imported pipes GBD in Great Britain from Paris. The association of Oppenheimer with GBD was such a success that in 1897, Oppenheimer became the sole agent of the French pipe company. Five years later, the French owners of GBD, Marechal Ruchon & Co, amalgamated with A. Oppenheimer. | ||
2 - Le slogan of Cadogan, "Pipemakers Since 1825," refers to the first clay pipe that François Comoy manufactured in 1825. The pipes of Cadogan were manufactured in many places disseminated around London and in Saint-Claude, but with the purchase of Orlik Pipe Co In 1980, Cadogan gathered the entirety of its manufacture in the new factory of Southend-one-Sea, factory especially built for pipe industry. Cadogan continues to manufacture pipes GBD, Comoy' S of London, BBB, Dr. Plumb, Loewe and Orlik (since 1980). They make also the Kaywoodie pipes for the British market and recently agreed to manufacture Sasieni for James B Russell. All the classes come from the classification of Nice. For more information, to see: http://www.wipo.int/classifications/...ce8/frmain.htm | 2 - Le slogan of Cadogan, "Pipemakers Since 1825," refers to the first [[clay]] pipe that François Comoy manufactured in 1825. The pipes of Cadogan were manufactured in many places disseminated around London and in Saint-Claude, but with the purchase of Orlik Pipe Co In 1980, Cadogan gathered the entirety of its manufacture in the new factory of Southend-one-Sea, factory especially built for pipe industry. Cadogan continues to manufacture pipes GBD, Comoy' S of London, BBB, Dr. Plumb, Loewe and Orlik (since 1980). They make also the Kaywoodie pipes for the British market and recently agreed to manufacture Sasieni for James B Russell. All the classes come from the classification of Nice. For more information, to see: http://www.wipo.int/classifications/...ce8/frmain.htm | ||
<gallery mode="slideshow" caption="BBB Brochures, courtesy Doug Valitchka"> | |||
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* We also have a PDF copy of a [https://pipedia.org/images/e/e8/BBB_1960.pdf 1960 BBB Catalog] courtesy Michael DiCuccio | |||
[[Category: Pipe makers by nationality]][[Category: Great Britain]] | [[Category: Pipe makers by nationality]] | ||
[[Category: Great Britain]] | |||