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=== Dating Rossi pipes === | |||
From the beginning of its activity and until, surely, the end of the WWI, Rossi pipes were just marked with "REAL BRIAR", "VERA RADICA" or "BRUYERE GARANTIE" (or something similar): this can easily be explained by the enormous amount of pipes daily producted, which requires the fastest solution. | |||
From, approximatively, the end of Thirties, until the end of Fifties, Rossi pipes were marked with "FRB" (Fratelli Rossi Barasso) or "MFRB" (Manifattura Fratelli Rossi Barasso), into an oval and above "OLD BRIAR" (or similar - sometimes, there was also "MFD. BY ROSSI", as "Manufactured by Rossi"); on the stem, there was the "R" letter in circle. | |||
In Sixties, pipes were marked with "Rossi" (in cursive font); on the stem, there was "ROSSI". | |||
From, approximatively, Seventies, until 1985, Rossi pipes were marked with "ROSSI", into an oval (sometimes there was also "ITALY" on the shank); on the stem, there was "ROSSI". In these years, appeared the signature "Nino Rossi" (in cursive font): he was the last heir of the factory. | |||
When Savinelli took back the production, it is said that first pipes had a twinbore mouthpiece (however, they were marked with "ROSSI", into an oval); then, most of them had 6 mm or 9 mm adapter (also, for the most part, the stem was made by methacrylate, always with "Rossi" on the side). | |||
=== A walk through the factory === | === A walk through the factory === | ||