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【BARLING】英國老牌菸斗製造大廠出品，石楠木製~傳統型彎式煙斗。

品牌追朔於1812年建立，可惜於1962年售予帝國菸草公司成為了絕響。

燃燒室與斗缽口沒燒蝕碳化崩塌情形，斗嘴手工打磨烏黑晶亮沒咬痕。

斗長 : 14.2，斗高 : 4.3，斗寬 : 4.0，斗口 : 2.0公分。

此斗已整體手工打磨大翻新、染色、做膜完畢，外觀平整~鏡面效果優。

右上圖斗缽有一處天然表面砂孔紋，原廠補土脫落...已重新補土完畢。

煙道頭段為3mm鑽孔，榫頭中段濾心處為3mm設定，斗嘴末端以2mm收尾。

該廠歷史資料超豐富，僅節錄一些早期該廠其他斗型和簡介分享如下 :

The history of the brand reaches back to 1812 when Benjamin Barling

began to sell meerschaum pipes decorated with silver bands.

The company was sold by the Barling family to Imperial Tobacco Co in 1962.

From this date the Barling pipes quality was as changing as the countries

in which they were manufactured.

Up to 1960: Pre-transition period. The production was controlled by the Barling family
1961-66: Transition period:
from 1967: Post-transition period:

1921 Hallmark

Pre-transition period

▲ (Left side) Barling (Arched) Make
(On silver band) E.B, W.B (E.B = Edward Barling W.B = William Barling)

(Hallmarks) [f] [Lion] [Leopard head]

The date letter [f] (see enlarged view) corresponds to a piece verified

by Assay Office London in 1921 according to the document below.

Assey Office London

Straight Grain

Pre-transition period

▲ (Left side) BARLING'S (Arched) Make, Ye Olde Wood, Straight Grain

(On stem) REG# 7540

Guinea Grain

Pre-transition period

▲ (Left side) Barling (Script), Guinea Grain Reg, EB
(Right side) Made in England, EL
The Barling cross has been partly rubbed away.

The Guinea Grain series of Barling pipes were the only pipes of the

pre-transitional period that had "Barling's" stamped in script.
EB: Edward Barling
EL: Size
Compare with a "modern" Guinea Grain.

Three Guinea Grain pipes in leather covered case.

# 86

Pre-transition period

▲ (Left side)

BARLING'S (Arched) Make, Ye Olde Wood, 86
(Right side) Made in England, ExEL

Oddly, the shape numbre of this pipe has only two digits.
Barling's size codes: SS, S, S-M, M, L, EL, EXEL, EXEXEL, and G.

There is also LF and LLF denoting Long Flat, and Long Long Flat.

Pipe shop stampings

Pre-transition period

▲ (Right) BARLING'S (Arched) MAKE 1946
(Left) FREDK. TRANTER PIPE SHOP. BATH, EXEL

A lot of Barlings pipes from this period were distributed to pipe shops

(here: Tranter Pipe Shop) and department stores in the British Isles.

Perspex stem

Pre-transition period

▲ Shank: BARLING'S (arched over) MAKE, Ye Olde Wood, EXEXEL Fossil, Made in England, T.V.F.
Mouthpiece: [Barling cross logo] REGD 98046. PERSPEX (Acrylic) stem

Perspex was originally patented in Canada in 1934. This translucent acrylic material may be cleaned with alcohol.

Pipes sold in England

Pre-transition period

▲ (Left side)

Barling (Arched over) Make, Ye Olde Wood, 1128

(Right side) Made in England

"The only four-digit number that denotes a Pre-Transition piece begins with "1" which

was used for pipes sold in England. Any other four-digit Barling pipe is a transition piece."
From: Tad GAGE, (2000) "Mysterious Barlings", In Pipes and Tobaccos, Volume 5, No. 1 (p. 44)