England
Sefton was a brand made for E. Deguingand & Cie (5 Colonial Ave. Minories E), a pipe maker registered in London pipe makers Directories since 1910. Good and lightweigt pipe from 1950s.
The pipe is 14.0 cm long, 4.1 cm tall and weights 21 gr. The bowl’s external diameter is 3.2 cm, inner – 2.0 cm, inner depth – 3.3 cm.Vulcanite stem, no filter.
England The pipe markings are “MADE IN \ LONDON ENGLAND” . The length is 14.9 cm, bowl’s height is 5.5 cm. External diameter of the bowl is 4.0 cm, internal diameter is 2.3 cm. The depth is 4.5 cm and this pipe weights 44 gr. Briar, vulcanite stem, no filter.
England, 1964 We are working now on a detailed article dedicated to this brand, therefore this post will be updated very soon. The story promises to be very interesting and even a bit detective. But so far we’d like to brag about the very lucky acquisition – unsmoked Ross Arundel canadian pipe from 1964 with…
England The stamping, finish and the shape of this pipe look very similar to pre-Cadogan Orlik products. But of course we don’t have enough information to proove that. Therefore let’s keep calling the pipe simply “Made in England”.
England Just a “London Made” pipe from the middle of the XX century. Many of such pipes were made by Parker-Hardcastle’s, but due to some unknown reasons didn’t obtain an official manufacturer stamping. Pleasant and comfortable classical English sandblasted bent billiard for an affordable price!
England In fact, a lovat shape pipe is creation of the British militarism. The shape was initiated in early XX century and they say Colonel Henry Fraser, Lord Lovat smoked such pipes and the name was adopted in his honour. Several trustworthy sources of information state that Gerald Grundging & Company stamped the name of Lord Lovat…
England This unsmoked pipe became a subject of a special investigation. Many more and less known manufacturers applied the “Oxford” stamping on their pipes: Wilczak & Colwell mention S. MC Lardy, Sasieni, J. Redman, Hall & Fitzgerald, Carrington, Orlik and even GBD! Pipephil (the greatest and highly respected pipe expert) places Oxford on the Hardcastle’s…