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Logo 'L&Co'. A series or grade stamp appears underneath this on later pipes. According to catalogue | Logo 'L&Co'. A series or grade stamp appears underneath this on later pipes. According to catalogue | ||
evidence, grades were introduced at some stage between 1956 and 1964. | evidence, grades were introduced at some stage between 1956 and 1964. The first series names to be used appear to be 'CENTURION' and 'ORIGINAL' and 'OLD ENGLISH'. According to catalogues, they denote grades. Centurions were allegedly made of wood over 100 years old. Grading was not introduced until some time between 1956 and 1964, as one Danish owner of Loewe catalogues reports. Additional, probably later, grade stamps include 'MOUNTED', 'SPIGOT', 'STANDARD' and 'STRAIGHT GRAIN'. There are certainly no grade stamps on pipes made up to 1920. There were also none on the sandblast pipes advertised as Ripple Grains in 1950. That year's catalogue also lists a pipe called the "Process", with a natural finish and a processed bowl requiring no breaking- in. Both the Process and the blasts were missing in 1956. | ||
(There is also a case of 'Great Britain' being stamped here in place of a series name, though | (There is also a case of 'Great Britain' being stamped here in place of a series name, though | ||