England
The pipe markings are “HILAND’S \ ENGLISH SANDBLAST”, “MADE IN LONDON \ ENGLAND” и “182” . The length is 14.9 cm, bowl’s height is 5.3 cm. External diameter of the bowl is 3.3 cm, internal diameter is 2.3 cm. The depth is 4.5 cm and this pipe weights 43 gr. Briar, vulcanite stem, no filter.
Denmark, 1960-70s An amazing large, heavy and still unsmoked pipe made by Danish genius Preben Holm in 1960-70s. You still may see the artisan’s original bowl coat in the chamber. The condition is practically ideal, we may remark only slight discoloration of the logo on the stem.
France, 1980-90s, unsmoked A nicely made (and still unsmoked!) French bent dublin pipe made approximately in the last decades of the XX century. Some sources claim the “Lord Nelson” brand was made by Comoy’s in England but the lily logo on the stem indicates its French origin, the most probably Chacom or some other St…
England A pipe from our private collection purchased on the very beginning and pleasantly smoked until some larger and more expensive pipes arrived. The origin of the pipe is still not completely clear: the most of sources are not aware of this brand, Wilczak & Colwell directory refers either to J. Leon & Co Ltd…
USA, 1980-90s An exquisite, nicely styled (and still unsmoked!) pipe made by Thomas Cristiano. Tomas Cristiano was the Italian by origin, his family emigrated to the USA in 1968 and several generations of Cristiano are involved into production and marketing of wonderful briar pipes. Thomas began at the S.M. Frank & Company factory – one…
USA, unsmoked The origin of this pipe isn’t very much clear. Some experts mention Excelsior pipes made in USA and England, but it look rather like an Italian (or Italian American) – nice briar, rich rustication, tasty combination of the “raw” unstained finish (a little bit polished) and bright acrylic shank extension plus stem. Exactly…
USA A very impressive unsmoked pipe of a very rare series made by the one of the largest USA pipe manufacturers (currently acquired by S. M. Frank & Co. Inc.). There’s no shape number therefore we’re unable to say for sure which period the pipe belongs to. The most probably it’s a creature of the…