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[[File:BBB Add.jpg|thumb|Courtesy, Doug Valitchka]][[File:BBB Add 1957.jpg|thumb|Courtesy, Doug Valitchka]]The initials once stood for Blumfeld’s Best Briars after Louis Blumfeld, who took over the management of the [[A. Frankau & Co.|Adolph Frankau Company]] in 1856. After his death, the BBB gradually became known as Britain’s Best Briars. Soon to be the oldest English trademark in current use and the first pipe ever to have a registered trade mark. "Britain's Best Briars", often called BBB, is one of the oldest brands still in production and has always been the most popular foreign brand in Denmark. Earlier pipes included a metal rondel with a diamond shape including BBB imbedded in the stem top, and later post-Cadogan went to a stamped on logo, similar to the GBD pipes.  
[[File:BBB Add.jpg|thumb|Courtesy, Doug Valitchka]]
[[File:BBB Add 1957.jpg|thumb|Courtesy, Doug Valitchka]]
 
The initials once stood for Blumfeld’s Best Briars after Louis Blumfeld, who took over the management of the [[A. Frankau & Co.|Adolph Frankau Company]] in 1856. After his death, the BBB gradually became known as Britain’s Best Briars. Soon to be the oldest English trademark in current use and the first pipe ever to have a registered trade mark. "Britain's Best Briars", often called BBB, is one of the oldest brands still in production and has always been the most popular foreign brand in Denmark. Earlier pipes included a metal rondel with a diamond shape including BBB imbedded in the stem top, and later post-Cadogan went to a stamped on logo, similar to the GBD pipes.  


'''Dating and History:'''
'''Dating and History:'''
[[File:BBB Birmingham 1912.jpg|thumb|BBB Birmingham 1912.Courtesy Yuriy Novikov]][[File:BBB-Cavalier--R&L.jpg|thumb|Circa 1912 Cavalier in fitted case, courtesy [http://www.racineandlaramie.com/ Racine & Laramie Tobacconist]]]
[[File:BBB Birmingham 1912.jpg|thumb|BBB Birmingham 1912.Courtesy Yuriy Novikov]]
[[File:BBB OwnMake.jpg|thumb|Courtesy Doug Valitchka]][[File:BBB74Xmas01.jpg|thumb|Courtesy, Doug Valitchka]][[File:BBBMinervaMatt07.jpg|thumb|Courtesy, Doug Valitchka]][[File:BBBMinervaMatt09.jpg|thumb|Courtesy, Doug Valitchka]][[Image:BBB_04.jpg|right|thumb]][[Image:BBB_19.jpg|thumb]]I have been doing some digging into BBB pipes for some we have for VPC auctions and I found an article online in French. Here is a Babelfish translation of a history of BBB from http://www.fumeursdepipe.net/artbbb.htm  
[[File:BBB-Cavalier--R&L.jpg|thumb|Circa 1912 Cavalier in fitted case, courtesy [http://www.racineandlaramie.com/ Racine & Laramie Tobacconist]]]
[[File:BBB OwnMake.jpg|thumb|Courtesy Doug Valitchka]]
[[File:BBB74Xmas01.jpg|thumb|Courtesy, Doug Valitchka]]
[[File:BBBMinervaMatt07.jpg|thumb|Courtesy, Doug Valitchka]]
[[File:BBBMinervaMatt09.jpg|thumb|Courtesy, Doug Valitchka]]
[[Image:BBB_04.jpg|right|thumb]][[Image:BBB_19.jpg|thumb]]
 
I have been doing some digging into BBB pipes for some we have for VPC auctions and I found an article online in French. Here is a Babelfish translation of a history of BBB from http://www.fumeursdepipe.net/artbbb.htm  


Genesis and history of the company.  
Genesis and history of the company.  
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File:BBB Hallmark.jpeg
File:BBB Hallmark.jpeg
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Enter in scene Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881), author of "Hero and worship of the heroes". This last advises with Mrs Frankau not to sell, but to entrust the future of the company to the hands of the young person Louis Blumfeld, then 18 years old. Carlyle was to have a very high opinion of the Louis young person, and this confidence was justified by its assumption of responsibility of the business, its enthusiasm and its inexhaustible energy. Louis realizes quickly, like others, great potential of the Heather, from which the interest comes to be recognized.  
Enter in scene Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881), author of "Hero and worship of the heroes". This last advises with Mrs Frankau not to sell, but to entrust the future of the company to the hands of the young person Louis Blumfeld, then 18 years old. Carlyle was to have a very high opinion of the Louis young person, and this confidence was justified by its assumption of responsibility of the business, its enthusiasm and its inexhaustible energy. Louis realizes quickly, like others, great potential of the Heather, from which the interest comes to be recognized.  
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File:BBB 1912 Catalog pg110 Glokar.jpg|Page 110
File:BBB 1912 Catalog pg110 Glokar.jpg|Page 110
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<gallery widths=300 heights=200 caption="Glokar examples, courtesy Tim Lomprey">
<gallery widths=300 heights=200 caption="Glokar examples, courtesy Tim Lomprey">
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[[File:GlokarClassPipes.jpg|thumb|600px|BBB Glokar Class Pipes: two Cornells, a Princeton, and a University of Michigan (see '''[[College Class Pipes]]''' for additional photos and information), courtesy Brian Robertson]]


[[File:GlokarClassPipes.jpg|thumb|600px|BBB Glokar Class Pipes: two Cornells, a Princeton, and a University of Michigan (see '''[[College Class Pipes]]''' for additional photos and information), courtesy Brian Robertson]]
<gallery widths=250 heights=185 caption="1910 BBB Glokar Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity Pipe, courtesy Brian Robertson">
<gallery widths=250 heights=185 caption="1910 BBB Glokar Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity Pipe, courtesy Brian Robertson">
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<gallery widths=250px heights=185px caption="1911 BBB, banded, with Glokar Trade mark stamping on top of the stem and Bladder Bros. stamp, courtesy Doug Valitchka">
<gallery widths=250px heights=185px caption="1911 BBB, banded, with Glokar Trade mark stamping on top of the stem and Bladder Bros. stamp, courtesy Doug Valitchka">
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<gallery widths=250px heights=250px caption="An attractive example of a 1913 BBB with Glokar Trade mark stamping on top of the stem, courtesy Doug Valitchka">
<gallery widths=250px heights=250px caption="An attractive example of a 1913 BBB with Glokar Trade mark stamping on top of the stem, courtesy Doug Valitchka">
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1 - Adolph Oppenheimer started a business of Import Export general in 1860, and his/her brother, Charles, joined the company in the current of the year. Adolph taken its retirement in 1870 and moved in Germany, where he became British Consul then Consul general, letting Charles take the control of the businesses. Louis Adler, who was the brother-in-law of Oppenheimer, became a collaborator when Adolph left the company. The two brothers did not have a descent, and the property of the company passed to the Adler family. About 1870, the company imported pipes GBD in Great Britain from Paris. The association of Oppenheimer with GBD was such a success that in 1897, Oppenheimer became the sole agent of the French pipe company. Five years later, the French owners of GBD, Marechal Ruchon & Co, amalgamated with A. Oppenheimer.  
1 - Adolph Oppenheimer started a business of Import Export general in 1860, and his/her brother, Charles, joined the company in the current of the year. Adolph taken its retirement in 1870 and moved in Germany, where he became British Consul then Consul general, letting Charles take the control of the businesses. Louis Adler, who was the brother-in-law of Oppenheimer, became a collaborator when Adolph left the company. The two brothers did not have a descent, and the property of the company passed to the Adler family. About 1870, the company imported pipes GBD in Great Britain from Paris. The association of Oppenheimer with GBD was such a success that in 1897, Oppenheimer became the sole agent of the French pipe company. Five years later, the French owners of GBD, Marechal Ruchon & Co, amalgamated with A. Oppenheimer.  


2 - Le slogan of Cadogan, "Pipemakers Since 1825," refers to the first [[clay pipe]] that François Comoy manufactured in 1825. The pipes of Cadogan were manufactured in many places disseminated around London and in Saint-Claude, but with the purchase of Orlik Pipe Co In 1980, Cadogan gathered the entirety of its manufacture in the new factory of Southend-one-Sea, factory especially built for pipe industry. Cadogan continues to manufacture pipes GBD, Comoy' S of London, BBB, Dr. Plumb, Loewe and Orlik (since 1980). They make also the Kaywoodie pipes for the British market and recently agreed to manufacture Sasieni for James B Russell. All the classes come from the classification of Nice. For more information, to see: http://www.wipo.int/classifications/...ce8/frmain.htm
2 - Le slogan of Cadogan, "Pipemakers Since 1825," refers to the first [[clay]] pipe that François Comoy manufactured in 1825. The pipes of Cadogan were manufactured in many places disseminated around London and in Saint-Claude, but with the purchase of Orlik Pipe Co In 1980, Cadogan gathered the entirety of its manufacture in the new factory of Southend-one-Sea, factory especially built for pipe industry. Cadogan continues to manufacture pipes GBD, Comoy' S of London, BBB, Dr. Plumb, Loewe and Orlik (since 1980). They make also the Kaywoodie pipes for the British market and recently agreed to manufacture Sasieni for James B Russell. All the classes come from the classification of Nice. For more information, to see: http://www.wipo.int/classifications/...ce8/frmain.htm


<gallery mode="slideshow" caption="BBB Brochures, courtesy Doug Valitchka">
<gallery mode="slideshow" caption="BBB Brochures, courtesy Doug Valitchka">
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* We also have a PDF copy of a [https://pipedia.org/images/e/e8/BBB_1960.pdf 1960 BBB Catalog] courtesy Michael DiCuccio  
* We also have a PDF copy of a [https://pipedia.org/images/e/e8/BBB_1960.pdf 1960 BBB Catalog] courtesy Michael DiCuccio  


[[Category: Pipe makers by nationality]][[Category: Great Britain]]
[[Category: Pipe makers by nationality]]
[[Category: Great Britain]]
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