Question

[hwmcadoo]

I hope someone can help. I have a pipe, bent with a top flare like a Sherlock Holmes. It is smooth and fairly large with an army stem. There are no defects or fills and the grain is a beautiful birdseye.There is a silver band with a sharp square edge.
The real question is that the only marking is the name, "Erica" in script. No other name and no number or country of origin. I know Savinelli has an Erica line but it is in block letters and the "Erica" does not stand alone. I also cannot find anything like this in the Savenelli line and they also include the word, "flamme" for the flame grain.
Thanks for your help.

 

[petes03]

Got any pics?

 

[goldsm]

If it is a system pipe like Peterson it could be Peterson second "ERICA".

 

[rmbittner]

"Erica" may also refer to Erica Arborea, the Latin name for the heath tree from which briar is harvested. So it may be nothing more than a fancy way of saying "Briar."
Bob

 

[hwmcadoo]

Thanks. I have pics but cannot gent them into this message after multiple attempts. The botanical name for briar seems likely as I have never seen a big name pipe that didn't splash their name on it. Briar in script is all that is there even after a magnification examination. Others that use the "Erica" name don't put it in script.

 

[hwmcadoo]

Here is a picture of the word Erica.
http://pipesmagazine.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/album/10847/p1000122-149x132.jpg

 

[papipeguy]

Lorenzo has/had a line called Erica.