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Cased Barling's make YOW straight prince, replacement stem. Made for Finlay&Co LTD. According to Jesse 1907-1929 :
A wee Barling 906 - needed just a cleaning, buff and stem polish... Smokes very nicely 
Hey!
I know very little about Barlings but I have just acquired one from the local B&M because I fell in love with it. It's an estate crossgrain sandblasted straight billiard:
Maybe someone can tell me a little about it? @sablebrush52, can you help me?
I know very little about Barlings but I have just acquired one from the local B&M because I fell in love with it. It's an estate crossgrain sandblasted straight billiard:
Maybe someone can tell me a little about it? @sablebrush52, can you help me?
You bought a very interesting piece! Sandblasts made after WW2 had "fossil" stamped on them. Prior to the War, at least some of, if not all of, what few sandblasts were made were called "Nibblick". But around 1943, Barling officially added sandblasts to their line up of offerings and this falls into that period. Early 1940's probably wartime production, made for the domestic market since it has a 4 digit model number beginning with a 1. Congratulations on acquiring a very rare Barling!
I picked this honey up about a month ago. Still haven't had the 'nads to light it up.....
It's a 1924 Sterling "MotorDome".
It's a 1924 Sterling "MotorDome".
Wow, thank you so much, @sablebrush52! I won't tell how much I paid for it because it was a steal. I think the previous owner didn't have much of a clue of what he had and I'm glad I do now thanks to you!
The blast on this piece is gorgeous:
I like Barling's pipes from this period. They're little gems. Don't fret about not smoking it, or about firing it up. I have a few of their capped pipes and have found that the cap tends to get in the way of the draft, not to mention heating up. I usually smoke them with the windcap up. Maybe that's why so many of them have been lightly smoked.
I see you’re into the Arts & Crafts (Mission) era pieces? Is the pipe holder Roycroft?
Nope, Craftsman Studios, which I think was located in Laguna Beach
I have a few of their pieces myself. Nothing pipe related though.
He's not called "The Bard of Barling" for nothing!
SInce the site migration my bardness has been rescinded. But you can call me Ray...He's not called "The Bard of Barling" for nothing!
This arrived today after being lightly cleaned 1890 is the hallmarks no Barling stamping on the stummel just the silver hallmarks
another motordome .This one was on Italian bay and only 4 bidders.i am hoping the marks in the stummel will react to steaming.listed as 1935 but hallmarks are definitely 1915
Do share how you know this.... Do my hallmarks match up with the stated year (the other motordome on this thread) ?
the hallmarks show a lions head in a shield shape and a U in a sort of square but if you look at the London hallmarks from 1923 the lions head changed to a square and the U for 1935 had two tails at the bottom instead of one.
see page 12 of
https://webarchive.nationalarchives...ingcouncil.gov.uk/publications/hallmarks2.pdf
as for your pipe .I tried enlarging the picture but cant see clearly.It looks like an i for the year and the lions head seems to be in a square if so yes 1924 appears correct.You should be able to confirm it from the link I posted above