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TOBACCONISTS
PIPE MAKERS
PIPE MOUNTERS
SILVER HALLMARKS
A pipe for tobacco smoking typically consists of a small chamber (the bowl) for the combustion of
the tobacco to be smoked and a thin stem (shank) that ends in a mouthpiece (the bit).
The stem needs a long channel of constant position and diameter running through it, and this is difficult
to carve out of a pre-existing block. Because it is molded rather than carved, clay may make up the
entire pipe or just the bowl, but most other materials have stems made separately and detachable.
Often a silver band is used to connect the bowl to the detachable stem. In the UK, sterling silver spigots
(or ferrules) bear Assay Office's hallmarks which allow to date the pipes and obtain information
about their maker, mounter or importer.
In most cases these objects weren't presented to hallmarking by silversmiths but by importers, retailers
and pipe mounters who were identified in Assay Office's ledgers as "tobacconists",
"pipe makers" or "pipe mounters".
The tobacconist is an expert dealer in tobacco in various forms and related accessories as
pipes, lighters, matches, pipe cleaners, pipe tampers, ashtrays, cigar cutters or "novelties".
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TOBACCONISTS - PIPE MANUFACTURERS - PIPE MOUNTERS
PIPES, TOBACCO, CIGARS AND FANCY GOODS IMPORTERS
IN BRITISH ASSAY OFFICES
MAKER'S AND SPONSOR'S MARK: T
BIR=Birmingham CHE=Chester DUB=Dublin LON=London
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NAME |
ASSAY OFFICE |
DATE |
TRADE |
T.BLACKMAN over LESTER without frame | T. BLACKMAN - Leicester (possibly) |
CHE | 1898 | tobacconist |
T.C.G without frame | Thomas Claud GOODING Edward Ryan GOODING - London |
CHE | 1903 | tobacconist |
T.C.G into an oblong oval | Thomas Critchly GARSTANG - Keswick |
CHE | 1900 | tobacconist and cigar merchant |
TCG into an oblong oval | Thomas Claud GOODING Edward Rhymer GOODING trading as Thomas C. GOODING & CO - London |
CHE | 1899 | pipe dealer |
T.D.L without frame | Thomas D. LOECKER - London |
CHE | 1900 | importer of tacconists fancy goods |
T.D.L into an oblong oval | Thomas M. de LOEKER trading as VAN ANDELES FIOLET - London |
CHE | 1906 | clat pipe manufacturers and fancy goods importers |
TFP without frame
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BIR | . | . |
T.H into a rectangle (gothic) | T. HARCOURT - Birmingham |
BIR | 1898 | pipe mounter |
TRW without frame | T.R. WHITECOMB - Manchester |
CHE | 1888 c. | pipe manufacturer |
TRW into an oblong shield | T.R. WHITECOMB - Manchester |
CHE | 1890 c. | pipe manufacturer |
T.R.W into three conjoined circles | Thomas Robert WHITECOMB - Manchester |
CHE | 1895 | tobacconist |
T.S into an oval | Thomas SALISBURY - Northampton |
CHE | 1897 | tobacconist |
TSB into an oval | Thomas Southwark BROWN - Bolton |
CHE | 1897 | tobacconist |
T.T without frame | Thomas TWEESDALE - Liverpool |
CHE | 1911 | briar and meerschaum pipe manufacturer |
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