A l'oriental

Paris

▲ G for Goldch, name of owner of the shop.

▲ A L'Oriental, Palais Royal... Extra (Florid script)

A. Lacroix

A. Lacroix SARL was founded by André Lacroix in 1962 after separation from Jean Lacroix. The pipe tradition in the family reaches back to the 19th century.
Gérard Lacroix (son of André and retired in 2009) sold the brand to Gaël Coulon in 2009. Gaël formerly was a pipe carver at Chacom.
See also: Jean Lacroix and JPL

Une pluie d'étoiles

Grading (ascending): from 2 to 5 stars
The letter following the stars corresponds to an obscure sub-grading inside a star grade.

A. Lacroix second: Le Roi

AAA

▲ (Left side) AAA , De Luxe (On bottom) 54

▲ The pipe above is from the first period of Adriano Anselmi from Ancona (AAA). Despite the worn stem logo we may assume the arched cartouche contains the triple A.

Aalbørg

Nørding

▲ (Underside)

Aalbørg

Hand crafted

Made in Denmark

Aaron Beck

▲ A. Beck, Straight Grain

Artisan: Aaron Beck († 1984) did more repair than new pipes. He was known for his unusual stem inlays.

Abbeyhorn

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(Left side) Made for, Abberhorn, Of Kendal

(Underside) 127

Bowl made by an unknown maker for Abbey Horn (Abbeyhorn) of Kendal Ltd, a corporate manufacturing horn objects. The horn stem of this pipe was mounted by Abbeyhorn.