Seeking Info on a Barok Oval Bowl.
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Stanwell had a line called Barok, but the work "England" tells me that this is not a Stannie.
An image search shows that SPc had an estate by this company. From the looks of this one and the other one, they look almost like novelty pipes, or touristy pipes.
If a company is small enough or merely contracted to be made by a larger company, you won't find any info on them, or it will be very hard to. There are many small or short lived pipe companies with no info out there. Colding is one of them, I have several of their pipes, but they were very short lived.
I am not a fan of oval bowls. The heat from the chamber will eventually burn the chamber back to round, most likely burning out the sides of this pipe.
YMMV
An image search shows that SPc had an estate by this company. From the looks of this one and the other one, they look almost like novelty pipes, or touristy pipes.
If a company is small enough or merely contracted to be made by a larger company, you won't find any info on them, or it will be very hard to. There are many small or short lived pipe companies with no info out there. Colding is one of them, I have several of their pipes, but they were very short lived.
I am not a fan of oval bowls. The heat from the chamber will eventually burn the chamber back to round, most likely burning out the sides of this pipe.
YMMV
All I got was it was made in England. The "Opera" is not very popular in the U.S. The shaping is due to the flattened bowl which nukes the pipe a little less conspicuous when a gentleman puts it in his pocket at the opera.
