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Loewe

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Country: England

Price: € 80+ (estates from the pre-Cadogan era)

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Notes: In their day, Loewes were high-end pipes, sometimes even competing with Dunhill in terms of price.

The Frenchman Emil Loewe founded a shop and workshop in 1856 at the Haymarket 62, London. He is said to have been the first to make briar pipes in England. Richard Hacker maintains that theatre people from the West End were among the shop's heyday aficionados. Loewe's spigots are especially well regarded by lovers of (slightly antiquated) elegance today - they were originally introduced for practical reasons, to facilitate the production of replacement stems for customers abroad.

The pipes continued to be produced at the Haymarket until the early 1960s. After this, production was at various locations in London until sometime after 1980. Today's Loewes are turned in the Cadogan factory in Southend-on-Sea, though the stamp still identifies them as London made. That stamp is really all that remains of the brand - a fate that other Cadogan-owned names share. Few people consider recent Loewes collectible.

Information on dating Loewes can be found here.

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