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|+TABLE 3. A STARTER LIST OF LATE 19TH–EARLY 20TH CENTURY BRIAR PIPE MAKERS OF ENGLAND AND IRELAND | |+TABLE 3. A STARTER LIST OF LATE 19TH–EARLY 20TH CENTURY BRIAR PIPE MAKERS OF ENGLAND AND IRELAND <ref="Thanks to the late Robert M. “Mike” Leverette for some of the company names in this table.> (Those in italics may be the most familiar.) | ||
(Those in italics may be the most familiar.) | |||
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|Allen & Wright ||Ashenfarb, Leon|||Barling, B. & Sons | |Allen & Wright ||Ashenfarb, Leon|||Barling, B. & Sons | ||
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|Woolf, M. A. & Co. (VDT)||Yeomans, T. E. & Sons, Ltd. | |Woolf, M. A. & Co. (VDT)||Yeomans, T. E. & Sons, Ltd. | ||
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The trade names in Table 4, next, were extracted from various 1890s issues of the weekly British trade magazine, Tobacco. No doubt, there may be some duplication between Table 3 and Table 4 that only more rigorous, more granular research will reveal. In the January 15, 1881 issue of Tobacco appeared “A Complete Directory of The Tobacco Trade in the United Kingdom.” This is the earliest, most reliable list I have encountered. The section titled “Tobacco Pipe Makers” included 92 names and addresses; unfortunately, similar to the problem with U.S. directories, there is no way to determine the product line of each company. And the brand names in Table 4 are absent their associated manufacturers and may be in the product line of one or more of the manufacturers listed in Table 3. | The trade names in Table 4, next, were extracted from various 1890s issues of the weekly British trade magazine, Tobacco. No doubt, there may be some duplication between Table 3 and Table 4 that only more rigorous, more granular research will reveal. In the January 15, 1881 issue of Tobacco appeared “A Complete Directory of The Tobacco Trade in the United Kingdom.” This is the earliest, most reliable list I have encountered. The section titled “Tobacco Pipe Makers” included 92 names and addresses; unfortunately, similar to the problem with U.S. directories, there is no way to determine the product line of each company. And the brand names in Table 4 are absent their associated manufacturers and may be in the product line of one or more of the manufacturers listed in Table 3. | ||
TABLE 4. A SHORT LIST OF LATE 19TH–EARLY 20TH CENTURY BRIAR PIPE TRADE NAMES OF ENGLAND AND IRELAND | {| class="wikitable" style="margin:auto" | ||
A. G. E. | |+TABLE 4. A SHORT LIST OF LATE 19TH–EARLY 20TH CENTURY BRIAR PIPE ''TRADE NAMES'' OF ENGLAND AND IRELAND | ||
Baronfil | |- | ||
|A. G. E.||Baronfil|||Biltor | |||
Blowaway | |- | ||
Burkard Pipe | |Blowaway||Burkard Pipe|||Dewy’s Patent Pipe | ||
Dewy’s Patent Pipe | |- | ||
Dredger | |Dredger||Free and Easy|||HOC | ||
Free and Easy | |- | ||
|Imperial Pipe||Kebles Patent Press Pipe|||King’s Cross | |||
Imperial Pipe | |- | ||
Kebles Patent Press Pipe | |M.P.||PDP Patent Dividing Pipe|||Prudential Pipe | ||
King’s Cross | |- | ||
M.P. | |Roll Call||Saget’s Patent Colonial|||Sennett’s Patent Pipe | ||
PDP Patent Dividing Pipe | |- | ||
Prudential Pipe | |S. N. & Co. Pocket Pipe and Spiral Bore||Tanner’s New Fibre Pipe|||Tindell’s Shilling Pipe | ||
Roll Call | |- | ||
Saget’s Patent Colonial | |Tongard||Turf Pipe|||V. V. pipe | ||
Sennett’s Patent Pipe | |- | ||
S. N. & Co. Pocket Pipe and Spiral Bore | |Wise Pipe (also known as the Upside Down Pipe) | ||
Tanner’s New Fibre Pipe | |} | ||
Tindell’s Shilling Pipe | |||
Tongard | |||
Turf Pipe | |||
V. V. pipe | |||
Wise Pipe (also known as the Upside Down Pipe) | |||
The most well documented English pipe is Dunhill. There’s Mary Dunhill, Our Family Business (1979); Michael Balfour, Alfred Dunhill. One Hundred Years and More (1992); and a company-sponsored pamphlet, The Story of Dunhill’s, 1907-1957, with an updated version, The Story of Dunhill’s, 1907–1970. Gary Schrier (www.briarbooks.com) brought to life a reproduction of one of the company’s better catalogues, its 1928 About Smoke. An Encyclopedia of Smoking, a very complete picture of the company’s enduring forte and fame. He’s reprinted two other Dunhill catalogues, About Smoke. Gifts Edition, 1923 and Things The Soldiers Are Asking For, 1914. And he’s done a yeoman’s job with other reminders of those halcyon days: the 1912 BBB catalogue, No. XX; BBB. 100 Years in the Service of Smokers, 1847-1947, and the Loewe Pipe Packet (1910 and 1926 catalogs). Routinely, even lushly illustrated company catalogs did not include an in-depth history. | The most well documented English pipe is Dunhill. There’s Mary Dunhill, Our Family Business (1979); Michael Balfour, Alfred Dunhill. One Hundred Years and More (1992); and a company-sponsored pamphlet, The Story of Dunhill’s, 1907-1957, with an updated version, The Story of Dunhill’s, 1907–1970. Gary Schrier (www.briarbooks.com) brought to life a reproduction of one of the company’s better catalogues, its 1928 About Smoke. An Encyclopedia of Smoking, a very complete picture of the company’s enduring forte and fame. He’s reprinted two other Dunhill catalogues, About Smoke. Gifts Edition, 1923 and Things The Soldiers Are Asking For, 1914. And he’s done a yeoman’s job with other reminders of those halcyon days: the 1912 BBB catalogue, No. XX; BBB. 100 Years in the Service of Smokers, 1847-1947, and the Loewe Pipe Packet (1910 and 1926 catalogs). Routinely, even lushly illustrated company catalogs did not include an in-depth history. | ||