Alphonse Hippolyte Bonnaud French Clay

[RustiePyles CPG]

I’ve had this unsmoked Bonnaud clay pipe kicking around for a while but it had no stem on it. I was at the garden center today and they had small diameter bamboo for $0.63 per 3’. I grabbed a few pieces thinking I could whip up a quick stem for my clay.

Bonnaud clay pipes were made in Marsalis from about 1825-1939. I have no clue where this pipe falls into that but I’d guess closer to 1940 than not. But some one who knows more about clays than I do might know better.

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[Ahi Ka]

Noice.

Do you know if they were the French factory who also made the clays for Peterson’s prior to WW2?

 

[Michigan_Bill]

Very nice!

 

[RustiePyles CPG]

Noice.

Do you know if they were the French factory who also made the clays for Peterson’s prior to WW2?

I do not, that would take some digging. There were several clay pipe makers in France, but I think Bonnaud was one of the longest operating. So it is possible.

 

[Ahi Ka]

I do not, that would take some digging. There were several clay pipe makers in France, but I think Bonnaud was one of the longest operating. So it is possible.

The brevet number on the early clays might help (240395). I don’t want to be the one who starts digging though lol