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[[File:GBD_MRCLD_detail.jpeg|350px|thumb|left|Detail fo the silver band (with GBD in oval and letters M, R, C, LD in square).]] [[File:GBD_MRCLD_complete.jpeg|350px|thumb|left|Bruyere bowl (with GBD in oval), silver band (with GBD in oval and letters M, R, C, LD in square), horn stem.]] Marechal Ruchon & Cie. was a company owned by Auguste Marechal and Ferdinand Ruchon which owned the [[GBD]] brand from the end of the 19th century until 1902 when they sold Marechal, Ruchon & Cie. to [[Oppenheimer Pipe]], which in turn changed the name of the company to Marechal, Ruchon & Co., Ltd..  Upon the creation of [[Cadogan]], however, the brand was no more, remembered only in the name of the [[GBD]] Marcee pipes made until just after the Second World War.
Marechal Ruchon & Cie. was a company owned by Auguste Marechal and Ferdinand Ruchon which owned the [[GBD]] brand from the end of the 19th century until 1902 when they sold Marechal, Ruchon & Cie. to [[Oppenheimer Pipe]], which in turn changed the name of the company to Marechal, Ruchon & Co., Ltd..  Upon the creation of [[Cadogan]], however, the brand was no more, remembered only in the name of the [[GBD]] Marcee pipes made until just after the Second World War.


For more information see [[GBD]].
For more information see [[GBD]].
<gallery widths=300px caption="Various examples">
File:GBD_MRCLD_complete.jpeg|Bruyere bowl (with GBD in oval), silver band, horn stem
File:GBD_MRCLD_detail.jpeg|Detail fo the silver band: GBD in oval and letters M, R, C, LD in squares
File:0107-1.jpg|GBD France (Marechal, Ruchon & Co. Ltd)
File:0107-9.jpg|Detail fo the silver band: GBD in oval and letters M, R, Co, LTD in one big rectangle (note the difference between this photo and the others: this one must be dated after 1902, in order of the creation of Marechal, Ruchon & Co., Ltd.)
File:GBD(MRCL).jpg|GBD in oval and letters M, R, C, LD in squares
File:2131-1.jpg|GBD in oval and letters M, R, C, LD in squares
</gallery>


[[Category: Pipe makers by nationality]]
[[Category: Pipe makers by nationality]]
[[Category: France]]
[[Category: France]]

Revision as of 09:35, 29 June 2016

Marechal Ruchon & Cie. was a company owned by Auguste Marechal and Ferdinand Ruchon which owned the GBD brand from the end of the 19th century until 1902 when they sold Marechal, Ruchon & Cie. to Oppenheimer Pipe, which in turn changed the name of the company to Marechal, Ruchon & Co., Ltd.. Upon the creation of Cadogan, however, the brand was no more, remembered only in the name of the GBD Marcee pipes made until just after the Second World War.

For more information see GBD.