Peterson Aran Nickel Mounted Shape 05 Fishtail, Late 20th–Early 21st Century

This reference example documents a Peterson Aran, shape 05, an estate pipe of Irish manufacture fitted with a nickel band at the shank face and finished with a fishtail mouthpiece. The Aran line occupies a position among Peterson's accessible standing series: bowls dressed simply, mounted with nickel rather than sterling silver, and paired with the house's numbered shape chart. The 05 designation places this pipe within that established shape system, allowing the form to be cross-referenced against Peterson's own catalogue numbering. Dating an Aran depends chiefly on stamping details — the wording of the country-of-origin mark and the style of the line stamp have shifted across production periods, and Peterson pipes carry no explicit factory date code. It is preserved in the archive as a representative example of Peterson's nickel-mounted, fishtail-stemmed work in a standard catalogue shape.