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[[File:Screenshot 20230415 032831 Etsy.jpg|thumb|A 'Rook' grade Stanwell from the Chess line. Image Courtesy DsTroveVintage.]] | [[File:Screenshot 20230415 032831 Etsy.jpg|thumb|A 'Rook' grade Stanwell from the Chess line. Image Courtesy DsTroveVintage.]] | ||
In addition to the freehand shapes produced by Poul Hansen, Stanwell would later sell freehand-style pipes through the 'Chess' line, whose grading ran from Rook (lowest) to King (highest). The production of these pipes was originally overseen by Johann Larsen, before the task was handed over to [[Poul Winslow]]. | In addition to the freehand shapes produced by Poul Hansen, Stanwell would later sell freehand-style pipes through the 'Chess' line, whose grading ran from Rook (lowest) to King (highest). The production of these pipes was originally overseen by Johann Larsen, before the task was handed over to [[Poul Winslow]]. | ||
=== 'Superba' pipes === | |||
[[File:004-001-12713.jpg|thumb|A Superba freehand. Image courtesy Smokingpipes.com.]] | |||
At some point between 1970 and 1990, Stanwell sold the 'Superba' line of pipes. These pipes were crafted in the same manner as their earlier freehand pipes and did not conform to Stanwell's catalog of established shapes, however 'Superba' pipes were still often closer to classical designs, or to designs in the emerging Danish tradition, than the freehand pipes Stanwell sold in the 1960s. Two examples are given below, as a means of indicating the range of design approaches found in 'Superba' pipes. These pipes were simply stamped 'Superba,' along with Stanwell's brand nomenclature, and were not numbered. | |||
[[File:Screenshot 20230415 201936 eBay.jpg|thumb|A 'Superba' freehand. Image courtesy Valeria eBay.]] | |||
=== Non-numbered shapes === | === Non-numbered shapes === | ||