So I’m trying to learn some restoration and grabbed this old thing at the antique mall the other week. Stamp wasn’t really legible other than I could tell it said LONDON MADE and had some writing beneath it. As I cleaned it up the markings were a little more legible, although they seem to be mostly smoothed away for good. (I tried to mess with contrast and stuff to make it show better, I only have my phone camera.)
To the left it seems to start PA and end with 21/20, so I assumed a patent #. Research brought me to the Sasieni One Dot. The stamp above LONDON MADE started to come through a bit more. In the above picture you can get a faint glimpse of what looks to be the fish-like flourish of the last i in the Sasieni stamp used on One Dots.
The flourish comes though a bit better here. Also the first S is slightly visible.
Here’s an intact stamp from a One Dot on the Pipedia Sasieni page.
I made out a 92 on the opposing side. I couldn’t find a reference to such a model in any of the documents I could find but I did find this Worthpoint posting referencing a One Dot 92 that seems to match the shape, though rusticated. https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/antique-sasieni-fishtail-logo-ruff-1865981725
The dot on mine doesn’t seem very blue, but then again most pictures I’m seeing of authentic ones look white to me also, so maybe that’s just how they’ve aged from the light blue.
Or maybe just fake, I’m more familiar with the part of the chump ignorantly overpaying, so I’m not holding my breath that I stumbled into such a gem. But if it is a Sasieni One Dot, I guess it would be from either 1920s US or (more likely) 30-40s Europe. From pipedia:
“The most difficult to distinguish from 1920’s era U. S. One Dots are the European One Dots made in the 30’s and 40’s. Here you just have to know your patent numbers and hope for the best, bearing in mind virtually any pre war Sasieni is collectible. In any event, these pipes are rarely found in the U. S..”
What do we think? I know I’m in the company of much more knowledgeable folks than I. Appreciate any input!