HELP! I Need Help Identifying This Logo On This Meerschaum

ajonline

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• Mar 18, 2013

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I recently found this estate meerschaum and I'm having problems identifying it's maker. The golden accents on the bowl seem to be gold, but I'll have that verified by a jeweler this week.
However the hallmarks seem to be puzzling me. When holding the bowl in the left hand and the stem is pointing to the right to see from left to right 3 hallmarks: Anchor, Star, & something I can't quite make out that has worn down. It may be a bird/eagle of some kind. Any help is appreciated!

Here is the rest of the pipe:

 

cajunguy

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• Mar 18, 2013

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Logos
Tried to find a lead for you as quickly as possible. It looks very exciting. Seems the company that owned that logo, C.P.F. Chesterfield, was bought out by KB&B (now Kaywoodie) in 1883. Look closely at the pipe -- if the last marking is a bird, than I think we have a match. I can't really tell from the picture.
Good luck and thanks for sharing!

 

ajonline

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I'm thinking the same thing because I found this showing the hallmarks by C.P.F.

Thank you bro!!

 

pstlpkr

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• Mar 18, 2013

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:worship: I love that pipe!

Very nice find.

 

theboz

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• Mar 18, 2013

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It looks like the pipe has seen plenty of stories. What do you have in store for it?

 

ajonline

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Well for one thing, if it could talk, I'd listen to it for hours. The only immediate plans I have for it right now are:
1) dancing around my living room singing "I found an antique meeeeeerrrsscchaaauuum" (check)
2) Cleaning it up a bit more (check)
3) Smoking a bowl full of a nice aromatic to see if any ghosts from the past come around to tell me stories. (hey, a guy can dream!)

 

topd

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• Mar 18, 2013

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That is one dang nice pipe! What a fabulous find!!!!

 

cigrmaster

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• Mar 20, 2013

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Very cool score, hope it smokes well for you.

 

ajonline

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• Mar 20, 2013

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Thanks very much!
TopD, it surprised me, but sometimes things like this just fall through the cracks! BTW, Thank you for your service. I've gotten turned down by every branch of the military when I went to sign up because of my asthma (in recovery now), so I have a special place for peeps who've served. So OO-RAH, sir!

 

ebag

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• Mar 20, 2013

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Jealous of the pipe. Definitely a nice find.

 

zonomo

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• Mar 20, 2013

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Wow! The preverbal $100 1968 Corvette in the shed.

 

ajonline

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• Mar 20, 2013

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I took it by a jeweler today and had the metal tested. It's 10k gold around the bowl and the accents, the ferrule is sterling of course. During researching this thing, I did find that it was made in the late 1800's....which is stinkin' awesome...
Now comes the matter of trading this for a Trans Am....any takers? haha

 

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john218

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• Mar 21, 2013

• #13

Nice find!
If they used 10 carat gold, it must have been a pretty pricey pipe when new.

 

ajonline

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• Mar 21, 2013

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It's definitely itty bitty compared to some of my others. It's gotta be all of 4" long from bowl to stem. It has the original case with it also. The ladies in the jewelry store were going nuts over it, lol