One of these guys took your pipe. Personally I suspect the guy with white hair; he looks pretty shifty.
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One of these guys took your pipe. Personally I suspect the guy with white hair; he looks pretty shifty.
At least 1 dunny bowl. The top right one looks like it could be a college pipe.
Used Vintage Tobacco Pipes Dunhill Comoys | eBay
<p>Lot of used pipes and tools for tobacco smoking would be glad to send more pictures or answers any questions for these items please let me know </p>www.ebay.com
I was bidding against you but dropped out at $3.75.
He took the job with the sole intention of shaking boxes and keeping pipes.
Did anyone here pick up either of these Ben Wades?
VINTAGE ESTATE TOBACCO PIPE BEN WADE SELECTED GRAIN #270BW LEEDS | eBay
Well kept as found condition. Stem Length ~ 2 5/8".
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VINTAGE ESTATE TOBACCO PIPE BEN WADE WALNUT BRIAR #270FBW ENGLAND | eBay
Well kept as found condition. Stem Length ~ 3".
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Not eBay, but these just sold at auction for £1,000 (plus 20% fees, etc.).
USD$70 each for a lot of tins a percentage of which will almost certainly have failed seals. And I would surmise that the buyer was willing to go much, much higher. I have two tins of this stuff around here somewhere, it's actually quite good.
I guess that’s a decent price given all the givens but my God someone (flippers aside) really likes Gold Block.
I remember that ad from when I was a kid, the old chap is a great character actor and was in a lot of old British movies. Great to see it again.
A great character actor indeed. Ballard Berkeley, probably best remembered as Major Gowan on Fawlty Towers.
Estate Pipes Inc. Vintage Harrods Ltd HL Special Grain Billiard & Bulldog x 7 | eBay
Summary Estate Pipes.
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Despite some " ifs and buts " ( rim burns, possible burn through coming last billiard ) a very nice and rare set.
Stiff upper lip pipes carved by Barling, Charatan, Comoys ?
If for no other reason than as a curiosity ; I like it .
Stiff upper lip pipes carved by Barling, Charatan, Comoys ?
If for no other reason than as a curiosity ; I like it .
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I wanted those. Not to smoke but to assess the nomenclature. I hope someone here won them to post better pics.
My earliest pipes with the H.L stamp is a 1917 Orlik antique bruyere.
I had wondered by the style of the pipes whether these were Orlik too - not that I have seen a special grain stamp on their pipes before
My earliest pipes with the H.L stamp is a 1917 Orlik antique bruyere.
I had wondered by the style of the pipes whether these were Orlik too - not that I have seen a special grain stamp on their pipes before
H for Harrods ? L for ?
H.L. Savory & Co. Ltd ?
Did you place a bid ?
Why not smoke them
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Yes I was bidding, but something has come up so I had to let them go.H for Harrods ? L for ?
H.L. Savory & Co. Ltd ?
Did you place a bid ?
Why not smoke them
Of course I would have smoked them, I’m not an imbecile
just saying my main interest in them was to see their stamping. I had only really seen Harrods advertisements from the 30s, and those were specific to their HL deluxe pipes. From what catalog is your BBB picture?
Apart from harrods, the only other HL tobacconist I could think of is Herbert love, and while I think they used an HL stamp back in the day, their pipes were marked with the shop name too.
My fascination with the HL stamp started with a tiny devil anse which is now in the possession of @alaskanpiper
It is a Harrods advertisement from 1912.
I forgot to mention.
I forgot to mention.
" Savory’s was started in 1885 by H L Savory & Co of London. Originally they were a retail tobacconists (Baby’s Bottom was one of their original tobacco blends) and managed the feat of holding Royal Warrants from both Edward VII and HIM The German Emperor. Their success prompted them to open shops at 178 Bond Street in London and in the High Street in Oxford. They were however not to continue as a separate company and in the 1940’s were bought up by Dunhill " .
From unknown ( to me ) author.
From unknown ( to me ) author.
Thank you! Do you have any more from that era? It really helps seeing something from back then.
This is the stamping on my 1918 orliks - my other one from 1917 isn’t HL.
This is the stamping on my 1918 orliks - my other one from 1917 isn’t HL.