Ireland, 1910-15 This compact “military” billiard has recently celebrated its century. Except the name of the maker and the city name, there are no other markings on the pipe, in particular a designation of the manufacturing country (COM). Such situation was in 1910-15, when the Peterson patent has already expired, but the stamp “Made in…
England, 1950-70s H. Simmons was one of the most famous London tobacconists with a long history and very nice tobacco shop in Burlington Arcade. The pipes were ordered from different sources including the Dunhill company. In 1980 the business was acquired by Dunhill. We can’t confirm that exactly this pipe was made by Dunhill; but…
England, 1960-70s Both the stamping “Made by hand” and the heavy bowled shape were absolutely typical for the Charatan’s second Lane era (1965 – middle of 1970s) pipes. This sample was perhaps predetermined to become at least an upper middle grade pipe, but a couple of scratches and chips changed its destiny quite dramatically and…
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…
England, 1950s A shining lightweight and surprising indeed Barling’s pipe! It comes from a large family era Barling’s collection produced for the Middlesbro Winter Garden, we have already represented a very similar Barling’s Make Guinea Grain from this batch. But this pipe has only a script “Barling” logo stamped twice (see pictures). There’s also no…
USA, 1980-90s The pipe is from the T. Cristiano’s old stock. It was shaped and drilled approximately in 1980s, but finished nowadays. Tomas Cristiano was 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…
USA, 1980-90s The pipe is from the T. Cristiano’s old stock. It was shaped and drilled approximately in 1980s, but finished nowadays. Tomas Cristiano was 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…
England An attractive lightweight classical English pipe of the one of the most famous grades produced by John Redman factory in the second half of XX century. The “Aristocrat” series was destined for export and the company introduced such version of this grade to satisfy more USA customers.
England, 1960s A very high grade Charatan’s pipe from the “Second Lane era” (1965-76), the period of the brightest blossoming of this brand, delightful shapes and grains which eclipsed all others pipe makers including Dunhill. Every Charatan’s admirer knows the highest grade was the “Supreme”. Another one of the highest grades, “Selected” level was the…
England, 1950-70s A fantastic creature of the Alfred era Sasieni! Despite the extreme popularity of the rusticated Sasieni pipes this freehand convinces undoubtedly that Sasieni was equally great in smooth finishes and among classical shapes they were absolutely successfull and “natural” in free forms.