It will be the original stamp used and will be found from 1902 or past as well as on inside 1930s . At the moment, it could come as a€?Londona€? over a€?Madea€? or in a straight line.

Produced in London. I’ve only observed this stamp on two outdated Bruyere water pipes dated 1921, and it also appears in a straight line in arched a€?Comoy’s.a€?

Built in England. This is stamped in a group with a€?Madea€? towards the top, a€?ina€? at the center, and a€?Englanda€? developing the bottom of the group. We call this the football shape or F/B for short. I’ve come across this stamp on a Cecil outdated as early as 1910 as well as on a vintage Bruyere of 1921 after which merely on pipelines from 1930s.

Produced in London The United Kingdomt. It is once again stamped in a circle with a€?Madea€? at the very top, a€?Ina€? in the middle, and a€?Londona€? in the bottom, with a€?England in a straight line underneath the F/B. I believe this stamp was initially utilized in the export drive-in the early 1950s, and I also haven’t seen any pre-WW II Comoy’s stamped in this manner.

Inlaid a€?Ca€?

a€?Ca€? was first inlaid into the side of the mouthpiece around 1919. This is an intricate inlay wanting three drillings. First, a round white inlay had been placed, then your middle on the white ended up being drilled down, and an inferior spherical black inlay had been placed. At long last, another boring was made to take out the available a portion of the a€?C,a€? and a much more compact black inlay was actually put. This inlaid a€?C,a€? referred to as a€?three-piece C,a€? ended up being proceeded before the Cadogan era inside 1980s. But the a€?Ca€? within the 1920s and very early 30s is much finer and a lot more fine as compared to one post-war. Cadogan first changed the a€?Ca€? to a single drilling with an inlay that had the a€?Ca€? in the middle, and a lot more lately they turned into a laser imprint. I have a cased couple of early 1920′ a€?Par Excellencea€? in which the a€?Ca€? is on the top of mouthpiece. Finish

Finish

There’s absolutely no question your finish on all Comoy’s pipelines had been exceptional. However, one of several factors that produce the Comoy tube very attractive and collectable is the tarnished complete that features the whole grain calculating. This is launched aided by the azure Riband so effectively. This accentuation of the grain features more recently already been duplicated of the Danish pipeline makers to big effect.

Every Comoy from the pre-Cadogan days got done on very highest common. Jacques Cole confirms that, among other factors contributing to this top quality, had been that each mouthpiece was actually give scraped to achieve the noteworthy thinner little, and this mouthpieces had to be a defined match no matter which way around they were positioned in the dish. Probably it was a dig at Dunhill, which positioned a white mark at the top from the mouthpiece to display which way-up it needs to be!

Sources

Jacques Cole. The Pipe designers (1850 a€“ 1994); Richard Hacker, exceptional smoking and The perfect Pipebook; Greg Pease, post on the net; Comoy’s, magazines different and older characters.

[Greg Pease enjoys a nice number of Comoys, some situations which is visible on their website.– Pipedia SYSOP].

Another business War was a hard cycle for company because complete of industry in Great Britain got turned over on production of armaments additionally the conflict effort. Subsequently, the make of water pipes stopped aside from a little workshop. After the combat finished in 1945, it had been an uphill strive for many Brit organizations to once again have established, and it also wasn’t until 1950 in addition to orifice of a fresh purpose-built plant in Aldershot that production nearly satisfied demand.

Virgin Briar. You will find a Virgin Briar outdated 1925. On proof the water pipes during my range, these were undoubtedly really high-quality. But in the 1931 business leaflet, the a€?Virgin Briara€? got clearly the primary level underneath the a€?Old Bruyere,a€? that has been demonstrably a greater grade. In a 1936 advertisement, the a€?Virgina€? was priced at $6. In addition have a a€?Virgin Briar Supremea€? but never afroromance discover whether it was a grade with its very own right. The Virgin Briar ended up being no more placed in 1965.

The Extraordinaire had been reintroduced in 1979 due to the fact a€?Extraordinaire 1,a€? which was coming in at $100 inside 1979 list in a light normal finish, plus the a€?Extraordinaire 11,a€? a light two-tone walnut finish. Neither of these had been because huge given that 800 series.

• 1904 hallmarked, and from now on the HC is defined within a cartouche, that has been the design from then on. Stamped privately a€?J.R.a€? in an oval and a€?London Made.a€? Comoy’s offered many stores which had her identity stamped privately of this pipe. J.R. had been certainly one. There is no C on mouthpiece.