Can anyone provide background on this calabash?

[Egg Shen]

I recently picked up this pipe on e bay and was wondering if anyone could tell me anything about the maker, or even its’ country-of-origin? All I know from the seller is that it’s supposedly from 1909. The silver is stamped EAM inside of a diamond and then there is 3 smaller marks in squares/rectangles: an anchor, a lion, and the letter k.

 

[romaso]

This is a good place to start

Pipe Brands / Makers - Pipedia

pipedia.org

 

[captainsousie]

I can confirm 1909 but am running dry on the maker.

 

[OzPiper]

Run a Google search on Birmingham pipe makers, pipe/ silver mounters and silversmiths

Good luck

 

[TheIronMonkey]

Fourth mark down, not much info:

Birmingham Makers Marks - E&-EC

 

[Egg Shen]

Fourth mark down, not much info:

Birmingham Makers Marks - E&-EC

Yeah EAM seems to have stumped the internet. I was hoping to tie him or her to a particular pipe manufacturer/brand.

Thanks to the replies above I did get a nice education on maker’s marks. I’m not into jewelry but I found all those little codes to be cool.

Interestingly I found Elgin American Mfg. to be a stamp but from America from around the same time period on cigarette cases, but that guy wasn’t British. At least I know now that my pipe is British. The country of origin and date codes are handy.