Peterson F-tail Samhain XL02 in excellent condition, Rep of Ireland

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Peterson F-tail Samhain XL02 in excellent condition, Rep of Ireland:
$93.13

Peterson SAMHAIN Halloween XL02 N/MTD 9MM F-tail mouthpiece briar pipe made in Republic of Ireland. Pipe is in excellent hardly used condition. With box and sleeve.

Markings on the pipe are \'Peterson (witch on broomstick) Halloween\' Petersons Dublin XL02.

Length 15cms; height of bowl 4.5cms; external bowl diameter 3.25cms.

Dating and stamping of bowls
During the years of Kapp and Peterson\'s business operations, the country of Ireland has undergone several name changes and K&P\'s stamping on their pipes reflects these changes. Knowing these changes, a Peterson pipe can be roughly dated and placed in \"eras.\"

The Patent Era was between the years of K&P\'s formation until the expiration of the patent; 1875 through approximately 1910. Though for our purposes we will list this era as 1875 through 1922. Peterson pipes made during the majority of this period had no \"Country of Manufacture\" (COM) stamped on them. However, later in this period, say around 1915/16, Peterson began stamping their pipes \"Made in Ireland\" in a block format.
The Irish Free State was formed on 15 January 1922. So the Free State Era will be from 1922 through 1937. Peterson followed with a COM stamp of \"Irish Free State\" in either one or two lines, either parallel or perpendicular to the shanks axis and extremely close to the stem.
Eire was formed on 29 December 1937. The Made in Eire Era will be from 1938 through roughly 1940? or 1941?. For dates with ?\'s, see below. Peterson now stamped their pipes with \"Made in Eire\" in a circle format with \"Made\" and \"Eire\" in a circle with the \"in\" located in the center of the circle. This COM was used during the years of 1938 - 1940?/41?. Later they stamped their pipes with \"Made in Ireland\" in a circle format (1945?-1947?) and still later with \"Made in Ireland\" in a block format (1947?-1949). The \"Made in Ireland\" block format came in either one line or two lines.
The Republic Era is from 1949 until the present. The Republic of Ireland was formed on 17 April 1949. From 1949 to present the stamp for this era is \"Made in the Republic of Ireland\" in a block format generally in three lines but two lines have been used with or without Republic being abbreviated.
English made Peterson pipes actually spans between the pre-Republic and Republic eras. In 1895, Peterson opened a shop in London England that lasted until the late 1950s or early 1960s. So the English Era, for a simplified date, will be from 1895 through 1959. The stamps Peterson used in London and that we have seen are:

Made inEngland - block format

Made in England - circle format

Made in London

Made in London England

Simply, London England

Great Britain

Though there are a couple of more, the above will give one the general idea. We believe the earliest stamp of this era was the \"Made in England\" in a block format since Peterson was using the \"Made in Ireland\" block format at about the same time on their Irish production pipes. The \"Made in England\" circle format was used during the same time frame as the \"Made in Eire\" and \"Made in Ireland\" circle formats.Please also see www.peterson.ie/t/hallmarkingfor dating silver marks

Part of my late uncle\'s collection. I will charge actual postage.