Standards, we don't need no stinkin' standards!

[fishnbanjo]

Was going to head down for a smoke when I got to thinking my group 1 & 2 Shell's would look cool together so I grabbed 4 and the visual struck me cold, then to add insult to the mix I grabbed a group 3 marked Quaint Cutty Shell. Let's play a guessing game here, these pipes range from 1917-1982, I won't tell you which is which but see if you can I.D. them and let me know if your guess is from L-R or R-L, might be a prize to the winner if too many don't get it right.
I'm guessing many will be shocked when I tell you which are group 1 and which are group 2 and finally the group 3, oh extra challenge is not only tell me what group pipe it is but what year, I will give hints in a bit.

banjo

 

[PeriqueMyInterest]

12321 left hand to right hand

 

[fishnbanjo]

assaad got 2 group sizes correct, one on the left and one in the middle

rsuninv got 2 group sizes correct, one on the left and one on the right

 

[eightywon]

21321 L-R

 

[wyfbane]

11322? No clue on years

 

[PeriqueMyInterest]

11312 left to right?

 

[fishnbanjo]

assaad got 2 group sizes correct, one on the right and one in the middle look at your first reply assad you got 1 right on the left first time
wyfbane got 3 group sizes correct one on the right and one in the middle and one on the right
eightywon got 2 right, one on the left and the one in the middle so for that reason I'll now state the one in the middle is a Quaint Cutty Shell Briar group 3.

 

[PeriqueMyInterest]

22311 left to righ

 

[PeriqueMyInterest]

Maybe there are no group 1s? 22322
Edit* so confused haha. 22312 l to r

 

[nurseman]

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[mso489]

'Nice tribute to small pipes, of which fishnbanjo is the Forums guru.

 

[griffonwing]

12311

 

[fishnbanjo]

So many answers across the forums I posted on I figured I'd post the answers. These are listed in the new photo from top to bottom and equate to the original photo from L-R.
1st pipe at top Richard Dunhill's Shell Briar Group 2 CA 1982
2nd pipe from top the 1968 group 1 Shell Briar I just bought
3rd pipe in the center Cutty Quaint group 3 CA 1980
4th pipe from top 1917 Shell Briar with real ivory spot group 1
Last pipe from top 1950 Shell Briar birth year pipe group 2

 

[fishnbanjo]

The 1917 is the smallest Dunhill bowl I'd seen at the time and had it looked at by a Dunhill fanatic and he showed me where it fell with the dimension chart he had from that ERA, wish I had a camera with me to have a photo of the chart but alas, I didn't.

banjo

 

[fishnbanjo]

Wow, that is an odd pup will have to look it up to see if there are any photos of one with the wind cap, thanks for sharing!

banjo