- hallmarked. You will find a cased set of three pipes which have silver bands matchmaking them to . These have the title a€?Comoy’sa€? regarding remaining part in rather florid program, and there is a tail working back from the end of the a€?s,a€? completing under the a€?o.a€? This might be similar to the tail entirely on very early Sasieni water pipes. According to the a€?Comoy’sa€? stamp was a€?London Madea€? in block capitals yet size, sans-serif. There’s no embossed C throughout the stalk, nor any term or form amounts. On the lid with the leather-based instance, there’s an oval cartouche with the exact same a€?Comoy’s.a€? There are no Cs regarding mouthpieces.
- a€?Prima,a€? and, about this tube, the a€?Comoy’sa€? is in the same script as over, but, as opposed to the end running backwards under the title, the a€?ya€? have an extended drop lower and then sweeps toward stop according to the a€?s.a€? a€?Primaa€? is actually straight below a€?Comoy’sa€? in capitals all the same
without serifs. On the other side with the pipe was a€?London Madea€? in identical stamp as 1 to 3 over. There’s no C inlaid about stalk. In order to demonstrate how different stamps may be used on top of that, You will find another Prima dated 1917 where in actuality the Comoy’s is Arched, which just goes to show more than one type of stamp was applied subsequently. There’s no C on mouthpiece. - 1921 Old Bruyere with hallmarked silver band. a€?Comoy’sa€? curved with a€?ina€? below and a€?Bruyerea€? arched others ways. On the other side, a€?Madea€? arched, a€?ina€? below, and a€?Londona€? arched additional method. These stamps were an oval rugby-ball profile instead of a round soccer. There’s absolutely no C about mouthpiece
- hallmarked 22 carat gold group. This tube features a meerschaum-lined dish and great right grain, certainly competitive with any a€?Specimen right Graina€? I’ve come across. It offers a€?Comoy’sa€? stamped in upper case serif sort with apostrophe. Throughout the reverse, it has the a€?Made in Londona€? football with a€?Englanda€? underneath. The stalk provides the three-piece C.
Comoy’s Name
1900 to about 1919. Normally, the Comoy’s title might be present in an accompanied streaming program canted forth, with an extended tail running back from in a€?Sa€? to beneath the a€?C.a€? You can find, but 2 pipes in the 1909 catalog where Comoy’s needs a tail anyway. I additionally posses advice between 1913 to 1919 where Comoy’s name’s however in identical signed up with moving script, canted forward however with a short end run forwards from the base of the a€?Ya€? to in a€?S.a€?
From about 1917 towards
My personal gold-banded instance drops into this category
Throughout the 1940s, very few pipes are made, but just after 
WW II, in 1945 or somewhat after, the a€?Comoy’sa€? stamp had been changed from the contour to a straight-line.
From 1950s, the Comoy’s stamp are available in three variations: (1) a straightforward block-letter preferences without serifs however with the C larger than additional characters and the apostrophe before the a€?s.a€? (2) A return toward somewhat considerably elegant block emails with serifs in addition to apostrophe. (3) a straightforward block-letter style without serifs and without having the apostrophe along with the a€?Ca€? exactly the same dimensions given that rest of the emails. I do not believe this stamp was applied for extended.