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J Jo K Ki L Le Ll M Mas Me Moo N O P Pe Pip Q R Rj S Se Sir St T Th Ti U V W Wf X Y Z
J Jo K Ki L Le Ll M Mas Me Moo N O P Pe Pip Q R Rj S Se Sir St T Th Ti U V W Wf X Y Z
Updated: Nov 16, 2009The 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.
Index
Soupirail Pre-transition period: up to 1960. The production was controlled by the Barling family
Transition period: 1961-66
Post-transition period: from 1967
Transition period: 1961-66
Post-transition period: from 1967
1921 Hallmark
Pre-transition period
▲ ◊ Barling (Arched) Make ◊
On silver band ◊ E.B, W.B Hallmarks [f] [Lion] [Leopard head] ◊
E.B = Edward Barling W.B = William Barling
On silver band ◊ E.B, W.B Hallmarks [f] [Lion] [Leopard head] ◊
E.B = Edward Barling W.B = William Barling
The date letter [f] (see enlarged view) corresponds to a piece verified by Assay Office London in 1921 according to the document below.
Straight Grain
Pre-transition period
▲ ◊ BARLING'S (Arched) Make, Ye Olde Wood, Straight Grain, REG# 754068 (On stem) ◊ ▲
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.
(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
EB: Edward Barling
EL: Size
Pipe shop stampings
Pre-transition period
▲ (Right) ◊ BARLING'S (Arched) MAKE 1946 ◊
(Left) ◊ FREDK. TRANTER PIPE SHOP. BATH, EXEL ◊
(Left) ◊ FREDK. TRANTER PIPE SHOP. BATH, EXEL ◊
A lot of Barlings pipes from this period were distributed to pipe shops 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
Mouthpiece: Barling cross logo, REGD 98046. PERSPEX (Acrylic) stem
Pipes sold in England
Pre-transition period
▲ (Left side) ◊ Barling (Arched over) Make, Ye Olde Wood, 1128 ◊
(Right side) ◊ Made in England ◊
(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."
Tad GAGE, (2000) "Mysterious Barlings", In Pipes and Tobaccos, Volume 5, No. 1 (p. 44)
Tad GAGE, (2000) "Mysterious Barlings", In Pipes and Tobaccos, Volume 5, No. 1 (p. 44)
Iffy TVF
Post-transition period
▲ (Left side) ◊ Barling, 5109, London England ◊
(Right side) ◊ T.V.F ◊ (The Very Finest)
(Right side) ◊ T.V.F ◊ (The Very Finest)
The "T.V.F." stamping overlaps the junction
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Modern Guinea Grain
Post-transition period
▲ ◊ B. Barling & Sons, Guinea Grain, 4085, Made in Denmark ◊
Vintage
Post-transition period
▲ (Left side) ◊ Vintage 1812, By Barling ◊
(Right side) ◊ Made in London, England, 472S ◊
(Right side) ◊ Made in London, England, 472S ◊