*BBB CHAMPION - MADE in ENGLAND- MINT CONDITION*
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THIS IS A "BBB CHAMPION, MADE IN LONDON, ENGLAND" "THIS PIPE IS IN MINT CONDITION!" "BBB" IS AN ENGLISH BRAND CREATED IN 1847. THE 3 "Bs" ORIGINALLY STOOD FOR " BLUMFELD's BEST BRIARS" , REFERRING TO THE FACTORY'S FOUNDER, "LOUIS BLUMFELD", BUT THE BRAND BECAME SO POPULAR THAT IT ENDED UP AS MEANING " BRITAIN'S BEST BRIARS." IN 1876 IT BECAME THE FIRST PIPE TO HAVE A REGISTERED TRADEMARK IN BRITAIN (IT WAS THE 40th TRADEMARK EVER REGISTERED T IT'S PIPES WON MEDALS AT INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS IN 1908 & 1910, WHEN THE FACTORY WAS IN LONDON, WITH BRANCHES ALSO IN NEW YORK. THE FACTORY MOVED TO SOUTHEND-ON-SEA, W THEY ARE ALSO PRODUCED, FOR EXAMPLE, AS COMOY'S AND GBD BRANDS. BBB BELONGED TO A. FRANKAU & CO. LTD UNTIL 1920, WHICH WAS THEN TAKEN OVER BY THE OPPENHEIMER GROUP, AND INTEGRATED IN ITS SUBSIDIARY, CADOGAN. THIS PIPE'S DIMENSIONS ARE ABOUT 5 3/8" IN LENGTH, THE BOWL IS 1" IN DIAMETER & 1 3/8" IN DEPTH. THE PIPE STANDS ARE NOT INCLUDED! THIS PIPE HAS A STRAIGHT GRAIN WITH LOTS OF "BIRDS-EYE" THE STAMPINGS ARE AS FOLLOWS: ON TOP OF THE STEM IS "BBB" INSIDE A "DIAMOND" IN GOLD. ON TOP OF THE SHANK IS ANOTHER "BBB" INSIDE A DIAMOND, over "CHAMPION". ON THE BOTTOM OF THE SHANK IS "LONDON ENGLAND" over "752" & TO THE RIGHT IS THE LETTER "L". THIS PIPE IS TOTALLY VOID OF ANY IMPERFECTIONS OF ANY KIND, BOWL, SHANK & STEM. NO TEETH-MARKS,
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