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'''Eugène-Léon Ropp''' (1830 - 1907) had acquired a patent for a cherrywood pipe (wild cherry, lat.: Prunus avium) in 1869. In 1870 he established a workshop to manufacture such pipes in Büssingen (Bussang, Vosges mountains). Around 1893 the business moved into the former mill of Sicard (part of the community of Baume-les-Dames - Département Doubs, Upper Burgundy - from 1895 on). | |||
The pipes were a big success in the export as well. Shortly before 1914 Ropp designated [[A. Frankau & Co.]] ([[BBB]]) in to be the exclusive distributor in the UK and it's colonies. | |||
Probably in 1917 a workshop in [[Saint-Claude]] in the Rue du Plan du Moulin 8 was acquired to start the fabrication of briar pipes. In 1923 a small building in the environment of Saint-Claude, serving as a workshop for polishing, was added. | |||
*Circa 1920's 1930's catalog in PDF, courtesy, Joseph Morris: [https://pipedia.org/images/a/a5/Ropp_Catalogue_Serie_Anglaise_and_Yeco_%28poss_1920s-30s%29.pdf Early Ropp Catalog] | |||
Even though cherrywood pipes were the mainstay of Ropp until the company finally closed down in September 1991. The company was taken over by Cuty-Fort Entreprises (Chacom, Jeantet, Vuillard, Jean Lacroix...) in 1994. | Even though cherrywood pipes were the mainstay of Ropp until the company finally closed down in September 1991. The company was taken over by Cuty-Fort Entreprises (Chacom, Jeantet, Vuillard, Jean Lacroix...) in 1994. | ||
<center><gallery widths=250px heights=185px caption="Example and details, courtesy Doug Valitchka"> | |||
<gallery> | ROPP01.jpg|Bakerloo | ||
ROPP07.jpg|Bakerloo detail | |||
ROPP08.jpg|Bakerloo detail | |||
File:ROPPApache01.jpg|Apache | |||
File:ROPPApache09.jpg|Apache detail | |||
File:ROPPApache10.jpg|Apache detail | |||
File:RoppEdil01.jpg|Edil Grand Luxe | |||
File:RoppEdil07.jpg|Edil Detail | |||
File:RoppSupr01.jpg|Supreme | |||
File:RoppSupr07.jpg|Supreme detail | |||
File:RoppSupreme2-01.jpg|Supreme | |||
File:RoppSupreme2-07.jpg|Supreme Detail | |||
ROPP-BigJean-01.jpg|Big Jean | |||
ROPP-BigJean-07.jpg|Big Jean detail | |||
ROPP-BigJean-08.jpg|Big Jean detail | |||
RoppDeLuxe01.jpg|Delux | |||
RoppDeLuxe05.jpg|Delux Detail | |||
RoppDeLuxe06.jpg|Delux Detail | |||
RoppDeLuxe11.jpg |Delux Wally Franks Ad | |||
</gallery></center> | |||
<center>'''Examples, Courtesy, Radzievsky Vladimir Zeev''' | |||
<gallery widths=250 heights=185 mode="packed-hover"> | |||
ROPP-FromZeev1.jpg|TONIC, 2425.3, Bent Billiard | |||
ROPP-FromZeev2.jpg|TONIC (second view) | |||
ROPP-FromZeev4.jpg|Pot, ROPP ‘ECO - R | |||
ROPP-FromZeev5.jpg|Bent Billiard ‘ECO – B | |||
</gallery></center> | |||
== Ropp seconds == | |||
*Golden Burl | |||
*Grande Morez | |||
*Nantua | |||
*Versailles. | |||
<center>'''Various Ropp Ads and flyers''' | |||
<gallery widths=200px heights=300px mode="packed-hover">File:ROPP-13.jpg | |||
File:ROPP-01.jpg | File:ROPP-01.jpg | ||
File:ROPP-1.jpg | File:ROPP-1.jpg | ||
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File:ROPP-6.JPG | File:ROPP-6.JPG | ||
File:ROPP-7.JPG | File:ROPP-7.JPG | ||
</gallery> | File:ROPP-9.jpg | ||
File:ROPP-18.jpg | |||
File:ROPP-11.png | |||
File:ROPP-12.jpg | |||
File:ROPP-15.jpg | |||
File:0075-1.jpg | |||
</gallery></center> | |||
<center> | |||
'''Various Examples of ROPP Briar Pipes''' | |||
<gallery widths=250 heights=185 mode="packed-hover"> | |||
File:ROOP's.jpg | |||
File:ROOP's.-2.jpg | |||
File:ROOP's.-4.jpg | |||
File:LA ROPPITSCH ROPP.jpg | |||
File:3759-6.jpg | |||
File:1003-1-9.jpg | |||
File:0034-1.jpg | |||
File:0034-6.jpg | |||
File:0036-1.jpg | |||
File:0035-1.jpg | |||
File:0045-1.jpg | |||
File:0046-1.jpg | |||
File:0049-1-1.jpg | |||
File:2086-1.jpg | |||
</gallery></center> | |||
[[Category: Pipe makers by nationality]] | [[Category: Pipe makers by nationality]] | ||
[[Category: France]] | [[Category: France]] |