Bought this from an English gentleman. It was described as an "Old Barling". I know very little about Barling pipes and nothing about meerschaums.This is my first one. It looked to me though like a Barling from the 80's. It has the black stained edge, the Barling name and crossed Barling on the stem. The silver-like band has no assay or silver marks which would indicate 1. it was not made for the English market or: 2. The band is not silver. The use of the singular Barling would indicate a late pipe after the Barling family was long gone. Now comes the fly in the ointment: The band is marked with the initials E.B and W.B. If the family no longer was involved why the Barling initials? Need the experts!! Thanks for looking, Hoppes
