A 1905 Barling Motor Dome

[OzPiper]

Jesse's (@sablebrush52) OP in the "Show Us Your Barlings" thread was a jaw-drop moment for me. And kick-started a love of old Britwoods.

I have finally landed one of my white whales - a 1905 bent billiard Motor Dome.
The shank is stamped L & Co in an oval for Tiffany and Co.
The stummel and silverware are in excellent condition.
The stem needs some remedial action.

I will post some "after" pics when I have tidied it up



Now there is "pigeon pair" with its sibling - a straight Billiard Motor Dome

 

[paulfg]

The shank is stamped L & Co in an oval for Tiffany and Co.


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Now there is "pigeon pair" with its sibling - a straight Billiard Motor Dome

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very nice.
Doesnt l&co in an oval = loewe & co
I know you are talking about the stummel and not the hallmark but the old Loewe's pipes I had had the same stamping as the hallmark

English silver hallmarks: British maker's marks identification L&-LB

an illustrated directory listing 3000 hallmarks of England, Scotland, Ireland, Channel Islands and Colonial silver (Canada, India, Cape), maker marks, town marks, date letter, duty marks. A selection of 18th, 19th, and 20th century British silvermiths illustrated with their marks and...

www.silvercollection.it

 

[OzPiper]

very nice.
Doesnt l&co in an oval = loewe & co
I know you are talking about the stummel and not the hallmark but the old Loewe's pipes I had had the same stamping as the hallmark

English silver hallmarks: British maker's marks identification L&-LB

an illustrated directory listing 3000 hallmarks of England, Scotland, Ireland, Channel Islands and Colonial silver (Canada, India, Cape), maker marks, town marks, date letter, duty marks. A selection of 18th, 19th, and 20th century British silvermiths illustrated with their marks and...

www.silvercollection.it

Paul,
You could very well be correct.
I was taking the word of the vendor and did not do any of my own research.
Loewe and Co seems much more likely than Tiffany & Co.

 

[paulfg]

A picture from pipedia. loewe&co of a 1900 hallmarked .pipe owned by Ashdigger

 

[OzPiper]

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A picture from pipedia. loewe&co of a 1900 hallmarked .pipe owned by Ashdigger

Loewe & Co it is

 

[mikethompson]

Very nice addition. Motor domes were named as such because they were for enjoying in open air automobiles correct?

 

[OzPiper]

Very nice addition. Motor domes were named as such because they were for enjoying in open air automobiles correct?

Mike,

Absolutely correct.
Open top roadster, leather motoring cap, goggles, scarf fluttering in the slipstream.
And puffing on the Barling motor dome

 

[mikethompson]

I have enough trouble keeping a pipe going without having to worry about driving.

 

[OzPiper]

I have enough trouble keeping a pipe going without having to worry about driving.

That makes 2 of us.
Still, the image of tootling down country lanes in a roadster is a rather nice one.

 

[OzPiper]

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A picture from pipedia. loewe&co of a 1900 hallmarked .pipe owned by Ashdigger

Unfortunately I don't have the pipe with me at the moment.
I will take a photo of the stamp and post it as soon as I get the chance, rather than rely on my less than reliable powers of recall.

 

[ashdigger]

That’s a Loewe, but more to the point.


GORGEOUS.

 

[bluegrassbrian]

I was going to say the same about the stummel stamp being Loewe. Certainly, Barling being the renowned silver smiths, they did work for many a pipe marque in that era.
Though, in my experience, all the older Loewe pipes I've owned and seen have been done by Robert Dumenil (RD).
Granted, I've also learned there's always an exception one way or another. A pipe in hand is worth a dozen photographs.

 

[kcghost]

Lovely pipes, indeed.

 

[ashdigger]

I've also learned there's always an exception one way or another. A pipe in hand is worth a dozen photographs.

^^^ Truth

 

[tklee]

Very nice pipe! I like the silver.

 

[Ahi Ka]

A Loewe with barling silver work, and a motor dome at that. Screw you Ray. I’m gonna go smoke my shitty pipes in a huff now.

 

[sablebrush52]

Mike,

Absolutely correct.
Open top roadster, leather motoring cap, goggles, scarf fluttering in the slipstream.
And puffing on the Barling motor dome

You forgot to mention the yachting.

 

[sablebrush52]

A Loewe with barling silver work, and a motor dome at that. Screw you Ray. I’m gonna go smoke my shitty pipes in a huff now.

At one time or another, Barling did the silver work for a number of companies, most significantly BBB in the early 1880's.

 

[sablebrush52]

Windcapped pipes look wonderful, but all of them tend to smoke a little hotter with the caps in place. Great to look at, not so great in use.

 

[OzPiper]

Windcapped pipes look wonderful, but all of them tend to smoke a little hotter with the caps in place. Great to look at, not so great in use.

Ah, but if you were Steed (in the Avengers), would you smoke any other when driving the Bentley ?

Especially if you had Ms Emma Peel sitting beside you