Guess The Pipe Maker (December 2019)...

[shanez]

GBD?

 

[scloyd]

Nope

 

[jaytex1969]

Wally Frank?

 

[shanez]

Ardor?

 

[scloyd]

Wally Frank?

Ardor?

Nope & Nope

 

[scloyd]

Hint: New York City manufacturer.

 

[trubka2]

LHS?

 

[scloyd]

LHS?

Nope

 

[python]

Davidoff?

 

[scloyd]

Davidoff?

Not Davidoff.

 

[scloyd]

One more hint. Fill in the blank.

Napoléon Bonaparte from May 18, 1804 to April 6, 1814. He was ____ of the French.

 

[jguss]

Empire Briar Pipe Company

 

[scloyd]

Empire Briar Pipe Company

BINGO!
It's an Emperor Classic 164 made by Empire Briar Pipe Inc. a subsidiary of the Continental Briar Pipe Co., Brooklyn New York



Top pipe on the right.

 

[jaytex1969]

Interesting. I've never heard of either make.

 

[scloyd]

Interesting. I've never heard of either make.

Picked it up cheap in an antique shop. It was an easy clean up. Looks much better than the photo.