Show Off Your Barlings Here
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awaiting this pot to arrive from USA.
it is marked Barling,s Make and has a 4 digit code so 1962 dated
looks in very good condition and hardly smoked
sorry dont know how to increase image size, mods
it is marked Barling,s Make and has a 4 digit code so 1962 dated
looks in very good condition and hardly smoked
sorry dont know how to increase image size, mods
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Thanks for the close ups on the hallmarks. That "g" is the correct font style for 1902. The second set of hallmarks are pretty hard to read. The date stamp looks like an "0", which would mean 1909.
That's a beauty! Condition looks excellent and it's a Special, which is a higher grading. Congrats!
Jesse, on the straight pipe that is not an "O". It is a "T" with a curved up tail to the right. a LION then a LEOPARD. And the only "T" of that style is 1914 but the leopard and the Lion are backwards. And the next year a "t" shows up on the chart is for 1934 and its different. Plus 1934 has an additional stamping.
Now to the bent pipe. What is throwing me off is the fact that the style of "G" stamped on the pipe corresponds to 1902 according to the London Hallmark chart. And, the "G" is very clear. Also for that year it should be a "leopard / Lion" and not what is actually stamped which is a LION / LEOPARD. Those two marks appear to be backwards and do not correspond to that particular year.
Man this stuff sure gets mind boggling at time, Huh.
Now to the bent pipe. What is throwing me off is the fact that the style of "G" stamped on the pipe corresponds to 1902 according to the London Hallmark chart. And, the "G" is very clear. Also for that year it should be a "leopard / Lion" and not what is actually stamped which is a LION / LEOPARD. Those two marks appear to be backwards and do not correspond to that particular year.
Man this stuff sure gets mind boggling at time, Huh.
The 1902 "g" is pretty clear, so take that to the bank. The other hallmarks could have been stamped in a different order. I've seen stamps where the year is first when it should have been third. So the other pipe is 1914? Perhaps this set was made up for a customer as that kind of year spread would be pretty unusual for a set?
But then it's almost exactly the same layout as my 1907 set:
yours:
Which suggest that it's not a specially ordered casing. Mysteries abound!
But then it's almost exactly the same layout as my 1907 set:
yours:
Which suggest that it's not a specially ordered casing. Mysteries abound!
Well Jesse, I think we finally have it nailed as far as the dating.
And I feel it's only fair to say that I actually built the set over a number of years. I picked up the case with the bent pipe first about 40 years ago and it took me another about 25 years before I finally found the straight shank Barling meerschaum to match.
So that should answer a lot of your questions. I apologize for not mentioning this fact earlier.
So, thank you again for all your help. Now I know why you are the "Bard" of the Barling's. The name suits you perfectly!
And I feel it's only fair to say that I actually built the set over a number of years. I picked up the case with the bent pipe first about 40 years ago and it took me another about 25 years before I finally found the straight shank Barling meerschaum to match.
So that should answer a lot of your questions. I apologize for not mentioning this fact earlier.
So, thank you again for all your help. Now I know why you are the "Bard" of the Barling's. The name suits you perfectly!
Kanala,
That's a nice meer! It looks mint! Block meerschaum, mid 1970's or later, Golden Emperor finish, shape 5899.
That's a nice meer! It looks mint! Block meerschaum, mid 1970's or later, Golden Emperor finish, shape 5899.
Jesse I assume that the meerschaum Barling pipes were made in the Isle of Man like the Peterson ones and many others were or did they make them in house?
Old collectable pipes are graded by collectors as follows (in ascending sequence):
-- Nice
-- Cool
-- Double cool
-- Awesome
-- Holy shit!
and finally, the highest possible rating of all...
-- Disgusting
Jesse's unsmoked, mint condition, century-plus old companion set DEFINES the disgusting rating. It's flat-out obscene. Its mere existence is a visceral assault on every pipe smoker who doesn't own it.
Jesse, you suck. Please keep that thing hidden from here on, OK? Life is hard enough already without knowing such things exist. :lol:
-- Nice
-- Cool
-- Double cool
-- Awesome
-- Holy shit!
and finally, the highest possible rating of all...
-- Disgusting
Jesse's unsmoked, mint condition, century-plus old companion set DEFINES the disgusting rating. It's flat-out obscene. Its mere existence is a visceral assault on every pipe smoker who doesn't own it.
Jesse, you suck. Please keep that thing hidden from here on, OK? Life is hard enough already without knowing such things exist. :lol:
GD- JS is a master @ Photoshop, so those pipes were "cleaned up" with a cloning tool or two..... Heck, they may not even exist at all, forget about not being smoked!
Kanala's pipe was made by Laxley on the Isle Of Man. Laxley made meerschaum pipes for Barling beginning in the late 1960's. Early Barling meerschaums, like the set that Texana posted were finished in the Barling factories. They bought the turned bowls and fitted them with sterling fitments and stems. This is how Barling started in the pipe business in 1812 (though Jon Guss found evidence that the actual year was 1815). They bought meerschaum bowls and did the finishing and mounting.
Here is a "Barling's Make" Silver Spigot set from my collection just in case other collectors would be interested in seeing the set.
The silver hallmarks date the set at 1923. Both pipes are also featured in the 1914 Barling catalog that Jesse Silver owns. The two are pictured as "The Corinthian 303" and "The Trojan 306". Although the pipes are only stamped with the model numbers & not the names. I have often wondered how many of these sets were actually made. I hope there are a few true collectors of whom will appreciate just seeing the set.
http://pipesmagazine.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/album/18152/img_0305-600x441.jpg
http://pipesmagazine.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/album/18152/img_20180702_211130-600x296.jpg
http://pipesmagazine.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/album/18152/img_20180702_210459-600x337.jpg
http://pipesmagazine.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/album/18152/img_20180702_210615-600x337.jpg
http://pipesmagazine.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/album/18152/barling-303-silver-spigot-pipe-1914-catalog.jpg
http://pipesmagazine.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/album/18152/barling-trojan-306-pipe-377x600.jpg
The silver hallmarks date the set at 1923. Both pipes are also featured in the 1914 Barling catalog that Jesse Silver owns. The two are pictured as "The Corinthian 303" and "The Trojan 306". Although the pipes are only stamped with the model numbers & not the names. I have often wondered how many of these sets were actually made. I hope there are a few true collectors of whom will appreciate just seeing the set.
http://pipesmagazine.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/album/18152/img_0305-600x441.jpg
http://pipesmagazine.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/album/18152/img_20180702_211130-600x296.jpg
http://pipesmagazine.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/album/18152/img_20180702_210459-600x337.jpg
http://pipesmagazine.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/album/18152/img_20180702_210615-600x337.jpg
http://pipesmagazine.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/album/18152/barling-303-silver-spigot-pipe-1914-catalog.jpg
http://pipesmagazine.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/album/18152/barling-trojan-306-pipe-377x600.jpg
