Two Great War vintage pipes from BBB: Britain's Best Briars
Tuesday, November 23, 2010 at 9:44AM | Neill Archer Roan | Permalink tagged BBB, Comoy, Derek Greene, Jacques Cole, Louis Blumfeld | in Collecting, Pipe History 
Several months ago, one of my Arkansan pipe-smoking friends added this 1920s vintage BBB paneled billiard to my collection of old English smoking pipes. As you will see from the photos here, the pipe is in mint condition. The stem and button are as close to factory-fresh as I have ever seen on a pipe of this vintage.
Comoy Old Bruyere, Derek Greene Collection, Image: Derek GreeneOld paneled pipes fascinate me. I have seen precious few of them. The nicer versions seem to have gemlike qualities. One particularly nice piece is from the late Derek Greene’s collection – a pipe dating from the same decade. Derek dated this particular Comoy Old Bruyere at the mid 1920s to 1930. Both Derek’s Comoy and my BBB have the same dark claret-colored finish, shining with the rich brownish depth of a fine garnet.
