Comoy's Blue Riband — 1950's |
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MAKER | |||
H. Comoy & Co., Ltd. |
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COUNTRY | |||
London, England |
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SHAPE | |||
billiard |
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YEAR | |||
1950's (see notes) |
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HEIGHT | LENGTH | ||
2 inches |
5 3/4 inches |
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BOWL | WEIGHT | ||
7/8 inch |
37.6 grams |
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ACQUIRED | |||
July 2008 |
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NOTES: |
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Blue Ribands were introduced in 1936 and are presumably in occasional production even today. I vaguely attribute this pipe to the 1950's thanks to the very thin and delicate three-part "C" stem insert. |
INSCRIPTIONS | SHANK:
"COMOY'S / BLUE RIBAND," "MADE / IN / LONDON [circle] /
ENGLAND," "291" STEM: three-part "C" |