All briar, threaded bowl into an outer bowl of briar. Unusually for this type of pipe it has a curved shank. The usual vulcanite stem.
In 1856, after taking over management of the pipe company Adolph Frankau & Co Ltd. (estblished in 1847) Louis Blumfeld began stamping his pipes with BBB for Blumfeld's Best Briar. This was trademarked in 1876, making BBB the oldest trademarked pipe in British history. After Blumfeld's death, the company gradually became known as Britain's Best Briar. In the 1920s the company was sold to the Oppenheimer group as Best British Briar and continued to produce quality pipes until it was absorbed into the Cadogan Company (alongside Comoy's, GBD, Kaywoodie, Orlik Pipes, and L&CO) in 1980.
Cannot date this particular pipe as yet, maybe it is in the BBB catalogues but I do not have copies
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