England
The pipe seems to come from 1950s. It has no other manufacturer markings.
The pipe is 14.0 cm long, 4.5 cm tall and weights 31 gr. The bowl’s external diameter is 2.9 cm, inner – 1.9 cm, inner depth – 3.6 cm.Vulcanite stem, no filter.
England, 1950s A witness of the highest glory of British pipe making! Duncan briars was founded in 1899 and became world famous not only for stable high quality and innovations (such as the dental stems), but also due to close connections with other brands and companies. George Walker from Duncan founded Northern briars, Peter Wilson…
England This pipe is not so easy to identify as we may expect from a straight shape pipe. During different time periods the brand name “Grosvenor” was used both by Charatan and Sasieni. Nevertheless neither from the pipe’s nomenclature nor from it’s shape we can say definitely that the pipe belongs to one of these…
England There will be a number of pipes marked “Reject” in our collection. This mark doesn’t mean that the pipe is of a poor quality. Moreover the most of “rejects” are pipes from production lines of famous manufacturers rejected due to minor issues with a grain or a small cavern in wood. Such small defects…
England, 1960s High titles, academic degrees, diplomas and medals are not necessary indicators of value and quality. Of course, it would be wrong to ignore all regalia too. But both people and pipes should be evaluated not only by clothes and marks.
England, 1960s The stamping “Made by hand in London City” was absolutely typical for the Charatan’s second Lane era (1965 – middle of 1970s) pipes. This unsmoked sample was perhaps predetermined to become at least an upper middle grade pipe, but a couple of scratches (or surface neat cracks?) changed its destiny quite dramatically and…
England The pipe marking is “LONDON MADE”. The lenghts is 14.7 cm, bowl’s hight is 4.0 cm. External and internal diameters of the bowl are 2.6 cm and 1.7 cm. The depth is 3.6 cm and this pipe weights 21 gr. Briar, vulcanite stem, no filter.