Shape Color |
Bent |
Billiard |
Pot |
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Black | |||
White | |||
Green | |||
Blue | |||
Red |
Special packaging of Venturi pipes was also made. To honor the USA Bicentennial, the "Spirit of '76" packaging included a white pipe with a foil stars'n'stripes band, a 2-ounce pouch of tobacco, and a brochure 200 years of pipe smoking in America. I have all three shapes: Bent, Billiard, and Pot.
When Venturi, Inc. noticed that President Gerald Ford was smoking a Venturi pipe in a White House photo, the temptation to offer a similar packaging called Mr. President was irresistible. The problem is that, once the package has been opened, there is no way to distinguish a Mr. President from any other Venturi pipe.
Table of Venturi Mr. President
Shape Color |
Bent |
Billiard |
Pot |
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Black | |||
White | |||
Green | |||
Blue | |||
Red |
Venturi pipes were also sold in promotional packages with price sticker on the mouthpiece and a pouch of tobacco. This Black Bent and Red Pot are in packages marketed by Venturi, Inc. and this Green Billiard is in the package sold by Bissell.
A real oddity are pipes stamped Venturi in a cartouche. But they have bowl liners! Click here and then here for full discussion. The best view of the over-stamp is on this green bent.