1930's Barling Tobacconist's Display Case
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put it on straps and wear it like a backpack. You'd get people talking about the crazy old man.
I think that ship has sailed.
Yeah but the murrmers are dying down. He went from crazy old stranger to he's eccentric. This would be his way of getting back the whispers and sideways glances.
My fault for trying to post while on an airplane. Or blame Delta, that’s my plan.
I’m broadening the time frame for this piece. The lettering shows Art Deco design elements, so could be late 20’s to 30’s.
Was this made and used in the UK or the USA? Were many Barlings sold in the USA?
If I remember correctly, this case was found with others, made for other British pipe makers, in a warehouse in Vancouver. I don't know which market they were originally intended for.
Barling had an American distributor, Nathan Nichols, from 1926, when they reentered the US Market, until 1962 and continued to have US distribution while Imperial Tobacco owned them, and beyond. They weren't a huge producer, nothing like on the scale of Dunhill or KB&B, but they did have a wide distribution in the US.
If it was Vancouver, it could very well have been EA Morris, the tobacconist whose catalog I mentioned, and who carried the Fortes, Mid to late 30s.
I haven't examined the case too closely as of yet, but if I find any identifying marks on it, I'll let you know. That would be wild!
@greeneyes I Googled EA Morris and found that it is now, or more recently, known as Old Morris Tobacconist. Itt may have closed last month: https://www.timescolonist.com/local...ober-future-uncertain-for-old-morris-11026995. Google Maps still shows it open, however, and one of the photos from that location is this:
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@sablebrush52, this looks to me very much like your Barling's case, which was maybe also one of Old Morris' shop furniture. Yours is cleaner though!
Old Morris Tobacconists · 1116 Government St, Victoria, BC V8W 1Y2, Canada
★★★☆☆ · Tobacco shop
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I’ll be damned! I think that you and Fernando solved it!@greeneyes I Googled EA Morris and found that it is now, or more recently, known as Old Morris Tobacconist. Itt may have closed last month: https://www.timescolonist.com/local...ober-future-uncertain-for-old-morris-11026995. Google Maps still shows it open, however, and one of the photos from that location is this:
View attachment 430750@sablebrush52, this looks to me very much like your Barling's case, which was maybe also one of Old Morris' shop furniture. Yours is cleaner though!Old Morris Tobacconists · 1116 Government St, Victoria, BC V8W 1Y2, Canada
★★★☆☆ · Tobacco shop
When you look at the interior of the shop, it’s pretty obvious these were made for it by the owners of the shop. They’re a perfect fit.
Solved one mystery, only to discover another.
Peterson sold bowties???? This will be my undoing.
Not just bow ties but PINK with polka dot bow ties for the manly men who smoke Peterson pipes.Solved one mystery, only to discover another.
Peterson sold bowties???? This will be my undoing.
"P-Lip" tells you everything you need to know where that's concerned.
That makes sense. Could hit two towers at the same time. Not sure how a book could make that happen but it seems like an issue on airplanes.