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[[GOC]] stands for [[Gros, Grenier, Ostero & Cie.]], an obsolete brand from [[Saint-Claude]]. A [[GOC]] sub-brand / second was named [[Prior]]. | |||
<ref>http://www.pipephil.eu/logos/en/logo-g4.html#goc</ref> | |||
<ref>http://www.pipephil.eu/logos/en/logo-p5.html#prior</ref> | |||
The name "Gros" also appears in context with a privity named | The name "Gros" also appears in context with a privity named [[Vincent-Genod, Duparchy & Gros]], who bought [[Comoy-David]] - Fabrique des Pipes - in 1923. | ||
Just one year later the name was [[Vincent-Genod & Gros Frères]]. See [[Genod]]. | |||
So, more than likely Gros, Grenier, Ostero & Cie. weren't pipemakers but rather wholesalers and perhaps financiers in the pipe and tobacco branch, who had pipes made as private label orders. | So, more than likely [[Gros, Grenier, Ostero & Cie.]] weren't pipemakers but rather wholesalers and perhaps financiers in the pipe and tobacco branch, who had pipes made as private label orders. | ||
[[Category: Pipe makers by nationality]][[Category: France]] | == References == | ||
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[[Category: Pipe makers by nationality]] | |||
[[Category: France]] |