Posted 10 years ago
glassanvil
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This item has been floating around my family for many years, but we know nothing about it. It has impressions on the sides: W.D.& Co. pat Mar 3 1874 / Patented July 20th 1875. It obviously had a screw in bowl at one time.
Can anyone tell me anything? Value would be appreciated, as well as any historical info.
W.D. & Co. is William Demuth & Co.
Patent US 148162A March 3, 1874
http://www.google.com/patents/US148162
Tobacco pipe stem design by L.G. Hussman
Patent US D8493 S July 20, 1875
http://www.google.com/patents/USD8493
This is the patent image;
http://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/pages/USD8493-0.png
Very ELEGANT !!!!!
A very clever piece of DESIGN !!!!
Well done AGHCOLLECT !!!!!
Can I ask if it is made out of rubber too like the first of AGH's links ????
Great stuff vetraio50 and aghcollect and thanks for posting it glassanvil.......kinda stuff I like!! RER(BO)
I thank everyone for their comments and info. The pipe appears to be made of Bakelite - we tested for the yellow color. I had forgotten about finding patents on Google, so thanks for the link. The only thing I do not know is: can the bowl be replaced and its approximate value. I'm sure it isn't much, but it would be interesting to have some idea.