Show Off Your Barlings Here
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I've uploaded a few of my more interesting (at least I think so) Barlings to show. I'll post one on a given day. Today's is a 1907 Barling Bulldog with a silver spigot mount, sterling windscreen, and horn stem. I apologize for the picts not being better, but hope that you enjoy them anyway.
Very nice Sable. Is that a "Fishing" pipe? I noticed the ring holes, which I believe are for a lanyard.
That is a very interesting stand as well - I've seen them before but can't recall the maker.
That is a very interesting stand as well - I've seen them before but can't recall the maker.
Hi SS. I'm not familiar with the term "fishing"pipe, so I suppose it could be. But you're right, either a lanyard or chain originally connected the stem and mount. Both pipe stands are by Carl Aubock.
Another beauty sable. What are the stamps on that pipe? It looks to me like there was originally a chain between the rings on the stem and the shank. A silver spigot can sometimes come apart and I think this would have been to make sure they were not separated in storage with possibly the stem being lost.
Hi Reborn,
The shank has "JAMES & CO" above "BIRMINGHAM". There is no "BARLING'S MAKE" logo. The sterling fitments all have the "EB" over "WB" Barling makers' mark, are all hallmarked for London with an "m" year stamp indicating 1907.
The sterling loops are soldered shut. I think that you are correct about their purpose. I haven't bothered to add a bit of chain to link them because it will likely get caught on some damned thing or another.
Great open draw and an effortless smoke.
The shank has "JAMES & CO" above "BIRMINGHAM". There is no "BARLING'S MAKE" logo. The sterling fitments all have the "EB" over "WB" Barling makers' mark, are all hallmarked for London with an "m" year stamp indicating 1907.
The sterling loops are soldered shut. I think that you are correct about their purpose. I haven't bothered to add a bit of chain to link them because it will likely get caught on some damned thing or another.
Great open draw and an effortless smoke.
My one and only Pre-Trans Barling. It is a great smoker. I am more into blasted pipes but this is a great smoking EXEXEL
Here's something that I hope you will find interesting, two Barling calabashes from 1908, one briar and the other a gourd meerschaum calabash.
Wow, yes, very interesting!
What struck me immediately was how the gourd calabash looks like a modernist Danish design, it looks quite unique, of course I'm not very familiar with the antique stuff and I haven't yet got Schrier's calabash book, so I did a quick image search and indeed your pipe stands out as a variant from the normal form, only a slight bit, but that slight bit adds a sort of timeless edge, making it appear more contemporary than it actually is. I do know perhaps there are infinite variations on the gourd calabashes, simply because the gourd is a naturally occurring thing with each one being slightly different --- yours is excellent, I like the kick of the tail, how the collar is mounted on the shank somewhat angular gives a visual break in the curvilinear plane, like a scorpion almost, or a snail or even yes, a blowfish...
...I think yours is a mighty fine specimen, pretty amazing how Barling could maintain a kind of consistency with these, this one looks quite similar, but I give the edge to yours for visual appeal...
http://www.thepiperack.com/blue-chip-estate-pipe-1904-hallmarked-barlings-make-extra-large-calabash-silver-spigot/
...and here's a funny typo, from a 1941 Geo. Yale catalog, yes friends, every renowned Barling is stamped T.V.A.
:lol: Tennessee Valley Authority?!?!?!?
What struck me immediately was how the gourd calabash looks like a modernist Danish design, it looks quite unique, of course I'm not very familiar with the antique stuff and I haven't yet got Schrier's calabash book, so I did a quick image search and indeed your pipe stands out as a variant from the normal form, only a slight bit, but that slight bit adds a sort of timeless edge, making it appear more contemporary than it actually is. I do know perhaps there are infinite variations on the gourd calabashes, simply because the gourd is a naturally occurring thing with each one being slightly different --- yours is excellent, I like the kick of the tail, how the collar is mounted on the shank somewhat angular gives a visual break in the curvilinear plane, like a scorpion almost, or a snail or even yes, a blowfish...
...I think yours is a mighty fine specimen, pretty amazing how Barling could maintain a kind of consistency with these, this one looks quite similar, but I give the edge to yours for visual appeal...
http://www.thepiperack.com/blue-chip-estate-pipe-1904-hallmarked-barlings-make-extra-large-calabash-silver-spigot/
...and here's a funny typo, from a 1941 Geo. Yale catalog, yes friends, every renowned Barling is stamped T.V.A.
:lol: Tennessee Valley Authority?!?!?!?
Exactly what I thought when I first met my fianceé.
misterlowercase, thanks for the laugh! My curvy calabash definitely exudes a certain joie de vivre. It smokes extremely well. The specimen on The Piperack is a little larger and in cleaner condition. But, I didn't pay anything remotely close to the listing price of that piece.
So now you know that the English numbering system extends back at least that far and probably farther. It wouldn't surprise me to find out that the English system dates to 1939-40 when the entire line was expanded. Bear in mind that the Nichols system was completely different and unrelated.
Here's the last of the pipes that I uploaded a couple of days ago. Barlings are not known for beautiful grain, but they sometimes produced really beautifully grained pipes. This amber stemmed billiard is from 1912.
Hi Reborn,
Yes they were. According to a statement made by Montague Barling in Tobacco magazine, Barling began turning all of their bowls in 1906. The other interesting feature on this pipe is that it uses mortise and tenon construction. Barling pioneered the change from bone screw connections to the now standard vulcanite tenon.
Yes they were. According to a statement made by Montague Barling in Tobacco magazine, Barling began turning all of their bowls in 1906. The other interesting feature on this pipe is that it uses mortise and tenon construction. Barling pioneered the change from bone screw connections to the now standard vulcanite tenon.