Barling’s Make Family Era 71 Smooth Bulldog Estate Briar Pipe, English Estates

Description

Barling and Sons was originally founded in 1812 by Benjamin Barling and began as a family business making silver-adorned meerschaum pipes. In the early 20th century, however, the Barling family began to produce what the brand is today most famous for – expertly made briar pipes.

If one was to list the most esteemed and prized British pipe brands ever produced, it’s pretty certain that Barling would be in the top five. More specifically, it would be “family era” Barling pipes that held this stature, i.e., pipes made by the Barling family during their ownership and management of the B. Barling and Sons company. For detailed information on how to identify such pipes, the Pipedia article on the topic has excellent, collaborative resources by prominent Barling historians, and MBSD Pipes has its own three-step summary that can be found on our main hub (which I will link down below). Per that information, this would be a “family era” pipe, due to its arched “BARLING’S” over “MAKE” nomenclature and two-digit shape code. It’s a beautiful, compact little piece, with its bird’s-eye grain patterns lit up by a golden brown stain.

The condition is good. Minor inner rim charring, a couple of small, superficial bowl scratches, and slight tooth chatter.

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Details:

Length: 5.4″ / 137.1mm

Bowl Width: 0.80 / 20.32mm

Bowl Depth: 1.49″ / 37.84mm

Weight: 1.1oz / 34g