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SILVER HALLMARKS OF
PIPE MAKERS AND MOUNTERS
A pipe consists of a small chamber (the bowl) for the combustion 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 "pipe makers" or "pipe mounters".
They were expert dealers in related accessories as pipes, lighters, matches, pipe cleaners, pipe tampers, ashtrays, cigar cutters or "novelties".
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PIPE MANUFACTURERS - PIPE MOUNTERS
PIPES, CIGARS AND FANCY GOODS IMPORTERS
IN BRITISH ASSAY OFFICES
MAKER'S AND SPONSOR'S MARK: W
BIR=Birmingham CHE=Chester DUB=Dublin LON=London
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NAME |
ASSAY OFFICE |
DATE |
TRADE |
W.A without frame | Walter ALLEN - Manchester |
CHE | 1911 | tobacconist wholesaler |
WATTS over NOTTm without frame | Arthur WATTS - Nottingham |
CHE | 1897 | tobacconist |
W&B without frame | Max Ehrigott Aaron WITTENBERG Frederick William BATESON trading as M.E. Aaron WITTENBERG & BATESON - Accrington |
CHE | 1896 | pipe manufacturers |
W.B.R without frame | William Barnes RUSSEL - Manchester |
CHE | 1910 | tobacconist |
W-BR into an oval | William Barnes RUSSEL - Manchester |
CHE | 1899 | tobacconist |
WBR into an oblong oval | William Barnes RUSSEL - Manchester |
CHE | 1888 | tobacconist |
WBR into a lozenge | William Barnes RUSSEL - Manchester |
CHE | 1888 c. | tobacconist |
WBR into a ribbon | William Barnes RUSSEL - Manchester |
CHE | 1888 c. | tobacconist |
W C into an oblong oval | W. COLLINS - Birmingham |
BIR | 1905 | pipe mounter |
W&Co without frame | Max WITTENBERG director of WITTENBERG & CO - Accrington |
CHE | 1895 | briar manufacturers and silver mounters |
W&Co without frame | James Williamson RUSSEL trading as WILLIAMSON & CO - Liverpool |
CHE | 1897 | pipe mounters |
W.&Co Ld without frame | THE WITTEN PATENT PIPE CO LTD - Manchester |
CHE | 1911 | pipe manufacturers |
W&Co. Ltd. without frame | THE WITTEN PATENT PIPE CO LTD - Manchester |
CHE | 1911 | pipe manufacturers |
W.F. over R. into a shield | Walter Francis READING - London |
CHE
LON | 1890
1892 | pipe mounter |
W.G into two conjoined circles
  | Willian Gardner GROVES - London
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LON | 1909 | gold & silver worker |
W.H into a rectangle
 | Willian HARRISON - London
the silver ferrule bears the mark
L&A.O into a rectangle, Birmingham 1908, Louis ORLIK Alfred ORLIK trading as L&A ORLIK - London,
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BIR
CHE |
1907
| silversmith: various Harrison's marks in Chester Assay Office were registered by Imperial Tobacco Co between 1907 and 1916 |
W.H without frame
 | Willian HARRISON - London
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CHE | 1907 | silversmith |
W.H.C without frame | W.H. CARRINGTON & CO - Manchester |
BIR
CHE | 1881
1886 c. | tobacconists and fancy goods dealers |
W.H.C into an oval
| W.H. CARRINGTON & CO - Manchester
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CHE
BIR | 1888
1891 | tobacconists and fancy goods dealers |
W.H.C into a rectangle | W.H. CARRINGTON & CO - Manchester |
CHE | 1885 | tobacconists and fancy goods dealers |
WHC into a ribbon | W.H. CARRINGTON & CO - Manchester |
CHE | 1891 | tobacconists and fancy goods dealers |
WH over CM without frame | W.H. CARRINGTON & CO - Manchester |
CHE | 1882 | tobacconists and fancy goods dealers |
W.H & J.W into an oblong oval | W.H.& J. WOODS LTD - Preston |
CHE | 1904 | tobacco manufacturer |
WHN into three conjoined circles | William Henry NEWMAN W.H. NEWMAN LTD - Birmingham |
CHE
BIR | 1903
1903 | pipe mount manufacturer |
W H N without frame | W.H. NEWMAN LTD - Birmingham |
BIR | 1889 | pipe mounters |
W H N into an oblong oval | W.H. NEWMAN LTD - Birmingham |
BIR | 1889 | pipe mounters |
W H N into three separate squares | W.H. NEWMAN LTD - Birmingham |
BIR | 1890 | pipe mounters |
W over H.N over Ld into a lozenge | W.H. NEWMAN LTD - Birmingham |
BIR | 1900 | pipe mount makers |
WHP without frame | William Henry PIERCE - Manchester |
CHE | 1883 | tobacco pipe manufacturer |
W.H.P without frame | William Henry PIERCE - Manchester |
CHE | 1883 | tobacco pipe manufacturer |
W H V into three separate squares | William Henry VINCE - Leeds |
CHE | 1905 | tobacconist |
W.K into an oval | William KELLY - Londonderry, Ireland |
CHE | 1899 | tobacconist |
W.P into a rectangle | Ferdinand WRENERBERGER William PARRY trading as WRENERBERGER & PARRY - Chester |
CHE | 1894 | silver pipe mounters |
W.P into an oval | William Henry PETERS - Bournemouth |
CHE | 1912 | tobacconist |
W P into two separate squares | William POTTER - Birmingham |
BIR | 1872 | pipe mounter |
W.P without frame | William POWELL - Birmingham |
BIR | 1891 | pipe mounter |
W P into a chamfered rectangle | William POWELL - Birmingham |
BIR | 1891 | pipe mounter |
W.P into an oval | William POTTER - Birmingham |
BIR | 1894 | pipe mounter |
WR into a lozenge | Walter REEVES - London |
CHE | 1907 | pipe mounter |
WR into a rectangle | William REED trading as W.REED & CO - London |
CHE | 1902 | tobacco pipe importer |
W.W without frame | William WALKER - London |
CHE | 1898 | pipe mounter |
W.W into an oval | William WALKER - London |
CHE | 1898 | pipe mounter |
W.W into a rectangle (two curved sides) | William WALKER - London |
CHE | 1897 | pipe mounter |
WW without frame | William WALKER - London |
CHE
LON | 1887 c.
1887 | pipe mounter |
W.Y over S.Y without frame | Walter Henry YERBURG Sydney Percy YERBURG trading as W.H. YERBURG & SON - London |
CHE | 1912
1887 | tobacconist |
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