GOC

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Revision as of 17:01, 23 July 2008 by TseHa (talk | contribs) (New page: '''[http://www.pipephil.eu/logos/logo-g.html#goc GOC]''' stands for '''Gros, Grenier, Ostero & Cie.''', an obsolete brand from Saint-Claude. A GOC sub-brand / second was named '''[http://w...)
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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.

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.