Star Stamp on a '59 Dunhil Shell

[xrundog]

My recently purchased 1959 Dunhill Shell Pot has a star stamped on it. I've heard of the star grading system. But I think that is for later smooth pipes. A web search came up with an older BoB thread theorizing that the star stamp on older pipes might be for a pipe replaced under warranty or a particular store stamp.

Does anyone know for sure or have another plausible idea? I understand Dunhill used a lot of stamps. It may be something lost to the mists of time.

 

[misterlowercase]

...theorizing that the star stamp on older pipes might be for a pipe replaced under warranty or a particular store stamp.

I would tend to agree with that, and go a little further to suggest it was mainly the practice of the Dunhill Paris shop that did the star stamp most, this I gather from looking at many old Dunhills over the last couple of years on ebay.fr - the French pipes seem to carry supplemental stamping much more often than their British or American counterparts.
I haven't found anything as of yet inwhich John Loring said of the subject, but I'm still looking.
Looks like a very nice R though,

congrats!

Smoke it well!

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[ssjones]

Neat stuff to learn!

 

[xrundog]

The Paris connection might be plausible. The pipe came from Lisbon, Portugal.

 

[beefeater33]

Old thread I know....

I would tend to agree with that, and go a little further to suggest it was mainly the practice of the Dunhill Paris shop that did the star stamp most, this I gather from looking at many old Dunhills over the last couple of years on ebay.fr - the French pipes seem to carry supplemental stamping much more often than their British or American counterparts.

This set would seem to support the Paris shop theory..........

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Rare-1955-Dunhill-7-day-pipe-set-one-star-shell-briar-in-its-leather-hard-case-/201545543278?_trksid=p2047675.l2557&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&nma=true&si=aw6CV8UdOfbsgHoVZ6djE6NJTk4%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc

 

[scrooge]

Are you the lucky new owner beefeater33?