Peter Piper London Made 1331 Sandblast Straight Billiard Estate Pipe

Peter Piper over LONDON MADE, and MADE IN ENGLAND over the number 1331: this is a Peter Piper sandblast straight billiard on a vulcanite tapered stem with a fishtail mouthpiece.

It takes no filter.

Peter Piper is one of the names of the GBD house. GBD goes back to Paris in 1850 and the firm of Ganneval, Bondier & Donninger, who worked in meerschaum before they turned to briar. A. Oppenheimer & Co of London bought the business in 1902, opened a London factory the following year, and had a plant in Saint-Claude working by 1906. Under that roof Peter Piper was kept as a brand of its own, alongside Dr. Plumb's and Marcee.

Later the Paris works moved to Saint-Claude (1952), and in 1981 GBD merged with Comoy's. Pipedia notes that pipes of the house's smaller brands made in Saint-Claude were often stamped London made all the same, so the London stamp alone does not settle where such a pipe was made. The meaning of 1331 is not known, and no date is given for this pipe.

THE MARKS

- Peter Piper over LONDON MADE, stamped on the shank
- MADE IN ENGLAND over 1331, stamped on the shank

The billiard is the classic pipe shape, a cylinder of a bowl on a straight shank. This one has a bowl 47 mm high and 35 mm wide, with a chamber 20 mm across and 41 mm deep; the pipe is 149 mm long. The vulcanite stem tapers from the shank to the fishtail mouthpiece.

The sandblast covers the bowl and the shank.

Condition: pre-smoked, in good condition.

THE MEASUREMENTS

- Length: 149 mm (5.87 in)
- Bowl height: 47 mm (1.85 in)
- Bowl width: 35 mm (1.38 in)
- Chamber diameter: 20 mm (0.79 in)
- Chamber depth: 41 mm (1.61 in)
- Weight: 34 g (1.20 oz)

Ships from the Faridunhill archive. Worldwide shipping and professional sanitation on every estate pipe. SKU: 452