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Post by stone on Jun 1, 2019 7:28:11 GMT -5
It's clearly a WDC but I don't know what the Anchor, Star, and Eagle stampings on the band indicate?
And I don't know what the "amxo"  ? stamping on the shank is?
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Post by scrooge on Jun 1, 2019 7:39:57 GMT -5
Sure it's a pocket pipe. Sorry meds kicking in. I had a LHS an a few others of that style smoke fairly good. But your wanting the age. Some one will chime in.
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Post by papipeguy on Jun 1, 2019 9:58:58 GMT -5
The anchor is traditionally used to denote silver made in Birmingham, England. I wonder if your pipe is brandishing faux marks since it was made in the US. Typically there are at least 4 marks on British silver. The standard, city, date and tax.
No clue as to what amxo might mean.
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Post by stone on Jun 1, 2019 11:24:08 GMT -5
The anchor is traditionally used to denote silver made in Birmingham, England. I wonder if your pipe is brandishing faux marks since it was made in the US. Typically there are at least 4 marks on British silver. The standard, city, date and tax. No clue as to what amxo might mean. I don't have the pipe in my hands yet so I can't be certain that there aren't more stampings. However, I have seen other pipes with those three stampings and I have read articles on other forums where people are asking what those three stamps mean , I just have not found any explanation other than yours. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 2, 2019 5:02:01 GMT -5
You'll see a upside down triangle on the band with the letters WDC that stands for William Demuth Company, this is who manufactured it in the U.S.
They were around from the turn of the 19th century till about the sixties I believe and were one of, if not the largest manufactures of pipes in the U.S. at the time.
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Post by stone on Jun 2, 2019 5:31:23 GMT -5
You'll see a upside down triangle on the band with the letters WDC that stands for William Demuth Company, this is who manufactured it in the U.S. They were around from the turn of the 19th century till about the sixties I believe and were one of, if not the largest manufactures of pipes in the U.S. at the time. Thanks Ron, do you know anything about the other three stampings on the band or the stamping on the shank? |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 2, 2019 6:02:37 GMT -5
You'll see a upside down triangle on the band with the letters WDC that stands for William Demuth Company, this is who manufactured it in the U.S. They were around from the turn of the 19th century till about the sixties I believe and were one of, if not the largest manufactures of pipes in the U.S. at the time. Thanks Ron, do you know anything about the other three stampings on the band or the stamping on the shank? Your welcome sir, don't know what the other stamping's mean but, they were stamps that were used quite a bit by WDC. The stamp on the shank is it's style name, like Savinelli, Punto Oro, etc.
Looks more like "Auto" to me, which makes more sense (to me) being its a pocket pipe that one might smoke in there auto?
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Post by stone on Jun 2, 2019 6:25:28 GMT -5
Thanks Ron, do you know anything about the other three stampings on the band or the stamping on the shank? Your welcome sir, don't know what the other stamping's mean but, they were stamps that were used quite a bit by WDC. The stamp on the shank is it's style name, like Savinelli, Punto Oro, etc.
Looks more like "Auto" to me, which makes more sense (to me) being its a pocket pipe that one might smoke in there auto?
Ah-ha! That does make more sense as it could also mean auto for automatic since you can close it up and stuff it in your pocket.
I find it amazing that WDC at one time was one of the largest makers in the world and info about them is very scarce.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 2, 2019 10:33:47 GMT -5
Your welcome sir, don't know what the other stamping's mean but, they were stamps that were used quite a bit by WDC. The stamp on the shank is it's style name, like Savinelli, Punto Oro, etc.
Looks more like "Auto" to me, which makes more sense (to me) being its a pocket pipe that one might smoke in there auto?
Ah-ha! That does make more sense as it could also mean auto for automatic since you can close it up and stuff it in your pocket.
I find it amazing that WDC at one time was one of the largest makers in the world and info about them is very scarce.
You should find a good documentation of them on Pipedia sir. |
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