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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: C
BIR=Birmingham CHE=Chester DUB=Dublin LON=London
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NAME |
ASSAY OFFICE |
DATE |
TRADE |
CAB into a triple circle | Charles Aloysius BRIX - London |
CHE | 1895 | tobacco and pipe manufacturer |
CADLE over GLOSTER | Percy Edward CADLE - Gloucester |
CHE | 1897 | tobacconist |
C&E into an oblong rectangle | John William CUNNINGTON George Smith EASTWOOD trading as CUNNINGTON & EASTWOOD - Leeds |
CHE | 1909 | pipe mounters and repairers |
CG into an oval | Charles GOLLNER - Walthamstow |
CHE | 1913 | briar pipe maker |
CM without outline | Charles MAAS & CO - London |
CHE | 1887 | pipe manufacturers and tabacconists |
CM into an oval
 | Charles Leopold MAAS trading as Charles MAAS & CO - London
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CHE
LON | 1912
1896 | tobacco pipe manufacturers and dealers |
C.M into a thin rectangle
 | Charles Leopold MAAS trading as Charles MAAS & CO - London
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LON | 1883 | . |
C.M over M.M. without outline | Charles Leopold MAAS trading as Charles MAAS & CO - London |
CHE | 1910 | tobacco pipe manufacturers and dealers |
CMR over Co into a rectangle | James REID trading as CROWN MOUNTING REPAIRING CO - Liverpool |
CHE | 1906 | pipe mounters |
C&P into three conjoined pentagons | CELTI & POTTER - Birmingham |
BIR | 1894 | pipe mounter |
C.R without outline | Charles REEVES - Birmingham |
CHE | 1898 | tobacconist |
C.W without outline | Christopher WALKER - Manchester |
CHE | 1883 | pipe mounter |
CW into a rectangle | Christopher WALKER - Manchester |
CHE | 1884 | pipe mounter |
C.W into a rectangle | Christopher WALKER - Manchester |
CHE | 1890 | pipe mounter |
CW into an oval | Christopher WALKER - Manchester |
CHE | 1890 | pipe mounter |
C W into two separate octagons | Carl WALTER - Southport |
CHE | 1901 | pipe maker and repairer |
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