Five Stubby Sisters

[klause]

Afternoon All,
Got these a little while ago and just thought I'd let you see what I saw when I opened the box.

To say I smiled broadly would be an understatement.
The 2 with silver bands are City DeLuxe, and the other three are Monarchs.

 

[bluegrassbrian]

Lovely chubsters indeed.

 

[saltedplug]

Stirs my pipe fancy!

 

[scrooge]

Excellent!

 

[cortezattic]

A great set! :clap:

 

[aldecaker]

Beautiful! Stubby, chubby bulldogs are right up my street! Congrats on your acquisition.

 

[didimauw]

Oh....it was pipes...
Well at least they are nice looking pipes!

 

[danielplainview]

One pic? Such a tease.
Those are great. Congrats.

 

[pipeanddrum]

Great set!

 

[ssjones]

I'm with Dave - we need more pictures! What a great set, congratulations.

Can you some some of the nomenclature? I can't recall seeing a CDL with silverwork, guessing that means they are old?

 

[klause]

Dave, you made me laugh.
Indeed it is the tease. but, to me, in terms of the pipe, as a man who is a slave to the aesthetic and the story as much as to the sweet tang and soothing qualities of the smoke, that picture is (some may say, sadly) the piping equivelent of a fleeting glimpse of a naked ankle, or the briefest of touches of a fingertip across the naked shoulder of a beautiful woman - the woman who is to you, above all others.
It is the moment when your eyes pass over a crowd and suddenly become transfixed, gazing; and then, after what seems like an eternity of silence your mind quietly and humnbly says, 'Oh! God!', before returning to utter silence.
I could go on, but now i need to go make a coffee and have a smoke!

 

[klause]

Al,
I'll dig them out and take a few more pics - but, yes, hallmarked, and very early 20th century - if i recall, the 20's, possibly the 30's.

 

[mso489]

Those look like they would clean up beautifully, with the rims brightened and the bands polished. Wow. The way pipes last is a huge part of their magnetism.

 

[papipeguy]

Very nice, although from the title I thought maybe you knew the Olinsky sisters from Passaic, NJ too.