Peterson pipes and the famous P-Lip mouthpiece La Pipe Rit

In the 1960s Peterson hallmarked all gold mounted pipes but apparently they used their own marks on silver. This practice stopped at the end of that decade when they started to have all silver bands hallmarked. In 1966 a “Jubilee ” fourth hallmark was introduced, only for that year, to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of… Continue reading Peterson pipes and the famous P-Lip mouthpiece La Pipe Rit

Peterson pipes and the famous P-Lip mouthpiece La Pipe Rit

The pipe bowls on these modern versions are all based on the Sherlock Holmes shapes. At the start of the 1950s, all pipes at Kapp & Peterson were stamped with “Made in the Republic of Ireland” stamp and also starting off the decade with the hallmark letter I on any silverware. Around 1876 Charles Peterson,… Continue reading Peterson pipes and the famous P-Lip mouthpiece La Pipe Rit