A pipe-maker, named Noah Roden, brought the long pipes to great perfection, and supplied most of the London clubs and coffee-houses of that day; he died about 1829, and his business was carried on by the late William Southorn, who made great strides in improving the manufacture, and whose eldest son is now carrying on the famed business of maker of the patent and genuine “Real Broseleys.” About the middle of last century, and since, the Rodens were famous makers of pipes at Broseley, and to them is due the introduction of “churchwardens” and “London straws,” and they were succeeded in the early part of this century by Mr. Southorn, father of the present well-known maker, Mr. Edwin Southorn. The works at present carried on by Mr. Edwin Southorn were established about 1830 by Noah Roden. In 1856 they passed into the hands of Mr. Southorn, and from that time forward their progress has been of marked improvement in every branch of the manufacture. In 1860 Mr. Southorn introduced the process of transfer printing upon pipes, the same as practised in other branches of ceramics. By this means the crests or armorial bearings, names, mottoes, or monograms of his patrons, trade marks or initials of firms, and signs and names of hotels and inns are produced, as are also other devices in colours. In 1868 Mr. Southorn introduced steam-power into his manufactory, and has rendered it available to all parts of his works; he is thus enabled to produce an enormous quantity, counting at the present time about 10,500 gross or 1,500,000 pipes in the course of a year. The “Broseleys” thus, not only in quantity but in quality--for they are the finest produced both in form, in quality of clay, in beauty of surface, and in manipulation of any made--surpass all others. In 1851, Mr. Southorn received honourable mention as “superior tobacco-pipes” at the Exhibition in that year. Mr. Southorn has also introduced the plan of dipping, or “tipping,” his pipes at the mouth-piece with green or any other coloured glaze, which is one of the most marked improvements of modern days.