Here is an Estate Pipe that I recently acquired. All it says is Made In England. I cannot find a makers name.
Unknown Pipe
- Thread starter J. B. Deller
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Trying to find the maker, if at all possible. There’s not one noted anywhere on the pipe at all. Just where it was made.
Without a picture of the stamping it is going to be impossible, and even with a picture it is likely impossible to identity a manufacturer.
The Made In England stamping is on the briar in the photo. That’s all I can find on the pipe. I have a feeling that if smoking pipes ever put this one up for sale, they’d classify it as unknown.
I had similar "Made in England" stamped no-name pipe, a straight taper-stemmed billiard like this one. It was a great smoker, but eventually developed a crack between the bowl and the shank. Rather than trying gluing it, I donated it to a friend who wanted a few pipes as decor. I later bought a similar Johs pipe that serves the same niche on my rack. Everyone needs a few of this classic shape.