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Caminetto and Savinelli are different pipe brands, but there's a connection because Caminetto's founder used to work for Savinelli. Pipes with both names can be found. The white mustache on the stem is a signature style. Do some more research for authenticity.
 
Zeno Marx said:
I need to amend my previous statement a little, which doesn't affect your situation at all. Just for the sake of accuracy.

1) That Swiss shop's stamp was NOT "AR". It was "GH". See the image below. They must have done it to every pipe they sold. Even very expensive Former pipes have been seen with it. Also, you'll see some misinformation about this on the pipedia pages, saying it was possibly Harvey Grief stamping his own collection of pipes. I should probably report it and have that removed. I think it started when I was asking about this stamp and doing some research behind it.
https://pipedia.org/wiki/File:CaminettoArticle2_HarveyGreifStamp.jpg
2) I believe Ascorti also had this Caminetto shape you're trying to sell.

3) here is another example of the pipe you're trying to sell, though this one appears to have a replacement stem with a not-very-accurate wings stampView attachment 11935
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frcraig1700 said:
Good news on the Caminetto mystery. I sent pictures to Tim Davis who is the owner of a pipe store in Wilmington, NC. He forwarded the pics to a couple of guys, and the pics ended up going all the way to Ascorti pipes in Italy. Someone there at Ascort emailed Tim and explained that they made 4 varieties of Caminetto representing the 4 Maritime regions in Italy. The pipe in my possession was one of the varieties that went to the Genoa region and were sold by a guy named Savinelli (nothing to do with brand Savinelli) and that's why his name is on the bottom and the initials GE represents the Genoa region. Tim didn't know how to forward the email, but was going to get his wife to forward it to me. I may have left out some details. Hopefully, I will know more soon.
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I'm from Genoa and, just for your knowledge, there was a big SAVINELLI shop in Galleria Mazzini (Genoa City Center) that was owned and run by Achille Savinelli's nephews at the time of that "Repubbliche Marinare" pipe was produced. They sold SAVINELLI pipes obviously, but they were open to sell some other pipemakers' creations too. Caminetto and Ascorti had a strict collaboration with this shop and their pipes were stamped SAVINELLI GE when destinated to the shop in Genoa. I had many pipes from that shop in my hands, tho I never bought one directly.
You can find a reference of Achille Savinelli's brothers opening a shop in Genoa in the late 1800s even on SAVINELLI'S website.
Hope that this message can help.
Regards,
Alessio
 
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