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'''''From Pipes, Artisans and Trademarks, by José Manuel Lopes''''''
[[File:PViou13.jpg|thumb|400px|Compilation, courtesy Doug Valitchka]]'''''From Pipes, Artisans and Trademarks, by José Manuel Lopes''''''


'''Paul Viou''' was the brand and name of a French artisan who sold his pipes by correspondence and then he was a pipe supplier for military institutions. He also made sculpted pipes and sometime used horn stems.  
'''Paul Viou''' was the brand and name of a French artisan who sold his pipes by correspondence and then he was a pipe supplier for military institutions. He also made sculpted pipes and sometime used horn stems.  


The brand is currently sold by Jacques Craen and and made by [[Genod]] in [[Saint-Claude]], after having also belonged to [[Paul Guilland]] and [[Vuillard]]. They are stamped '''P. Viou''', and made primarily for export.
The brand is currently sold by Jacques Craen and and made by [[Genod]] in [[Saint-Claude]], after having also belonged to [[Paul Guilland]] and [[Vuillard]]. They are stamped '''P. Viou''', and made primarily for export.
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