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13 photographsArchive Record FUH-HE3W-9ECJ-J
undetermined
Reference example
This pipe is documented here as an example for study — it is a record in the archive, not an item offered for sale. Everything below is what the piece itself, and the evidence around it, will honestly support.
| Country |
| China |
No dating evidence has been recorded on this example yet.
Owner-stated. Facts as reported with the piece; not yet independently corroborated.Attribution is our documented expert opinion with its evidence — never a certification.
Rim cleaned (no wood removed)
Yes
Faridunhill standing declaration
Refinished
No
Faridunhill standing declaration
Chamber reamed
Yes
Faridunhill standing declaration
Smoked
Yes
owner stated
Facts, not a grade. We do not score a pipe out of ten: a number would rank a restored pipe above an honest one, and restoration is exactly what this hobby prices down. Every line above is checkable by anyone holding the pipe. Lines marked Faridunhill standing declaration rest on our published, dated statement of shop practice (v1.0, 2026-07-29) — not on an inspection of this individual pipe. It is one document, in public, that you can hold us to.
GOLDEN LEAF, 1202, MADE IN CHINA - the marks give this reddish smooth bent billiard its name, number and country of manufacture. A black vulcanite tapered stem follows the bend and ends in a fishtail bit. The pipe is pre-smoked, in good condition.
The bent billiard preserves the upright, rounded bowl of the billiard family while lifting the shank into a curved mouthpiece. Here the contrast is between the warm reddish wood and the plain black stem. The pipe measures 155 mm long and weighs 35 g.
THE MARKS - GOLDEN LEAF stamped on the shank - 1202 stamped on the shank - MADE IN CHINA stamped on the shank
The country mark is recorded directly. The number 1202 is part of the pipe's identification; no manufacturing year or named workshop is inferred from it.
The smooth finish leaves the grain visible beneath the reddish surface. There is no carved relief or sandblast texture: the rounded contours of the bowl and its junction with the shank supply the shape's decoration.
The vulcanite stem narrows gradually toward the bit, which distinguishes a tapered stem from the stepped profile of a saddle. Its fishtail mouthpiece broadens at the end into a flattened tip. This is a non-filter pipe.
Condition: Pre-smoked, in good condition. The photographs show the bowl, rim, chamber, stem and marks, including the stem removed from the shank.
THE MEASUREMENTS - Length: 155 mm (6.10 in) - Bowl height: 45 mm (1.77 in) - Bowl width: 35 mm (1.38 in) - Chamber diameter: 20 mm (0.79 in) - Chamber depth: 34 mm (1.34 in) - Weight: 35 g (1.23 oz)
2026-11-09
Logged from the Faridunhill shop - photographed and listed on faridunhill.com, 2026-11-09.
This record is append-only. Nothing is deleted — a correction is a new entry that supersedes the old one, and both stay visible.
Nobody leaves empty-handed. If you hold the catalogue page, the dated advertisement, or a hallmarked sibling that closes one of these — or simply own this model and can measure yours — send it in. Contributions are checked, credited to you by name, and the record is updated with the date it changed.
Faridunhill shop post, 2026-11-09. Published to a third-party platform on that date and archived since — a timestamp we cannot move. It is evidence that this object existed and looked like this, then.
The photographs are the identity. 13 images of this pipe's grain, stamping and stem are held as its fingerprint. The handle above is only a handle: lose it, and the pipe can still be matched back to this record from its grain.