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L & H Stern (LHS) of Brooklyn, New York. The company’s famous logo is in a diamond. These pipes are high quality production pipes. A popular and moderately priced pipe made from 1896 through the 1960's by the L&H Stern Company of Brooklyn, New York. Many of their later Sterncrest pipes featured silver bands and some were made with 14kt. gold bands as well. | L & H Stern (LHS) of Brooklyn, New York. The company’s famous logo is in a diamond. These pipes are high quality production pipes. A popular and moderately priced pipe made from 1896 through the 1960's by the L&H Stern Company of Brooklyn, New York. Many of their later Sterncrest pipes featured silver bands and some were made with 14kt. gold bands as well. | ||
[[File:LHSSterncrest10.jpg|thumb|LHS Sterncrest add, courtesy Doug Valitchka]][[File:LHS 1947 Ad.jpg|thumb|1947 Ad, courtesy Doug Valitchka]] | |||
[[File:LHS Ad 1947.jpg|thumb|1947 Ad, courtesy Doug Valitchka]] | |||
<center><gallery Widths=250px Heights=400px Caption="Patents, courtesy Doug Valitchka"> | |||
File:LH Stern 1928 1587048.jpg|1928 Patent | |||
File:LHS1933Patent.jpg|1933 Patent | |||
</gallery></center> | |||
<center><gallery widths=200px heights=150 caption="LHS Sterncrest example with Silver band, courtesy Doug Valitchka"> | <center><gallery widths=200px heights=150 caption="LHS Sterncrest example with Silver band, courtesy Doug Valitchka"> | ||
Revision as of 23:15, 11 February 2016
L & H Stern (LHS) of Brooklyn, New York. The company’s famous logo is in a diamond. These pipes are high quality production pipes. A popular and moderately priced pipe made from 1896 through the 1960's by the L&H Stern Company of Brooklyn, New York. Many of their later Sterncrest pipes featured silver bands and some were made with 14kt. gold bands as well.
- Patents, courtesy Doug Valitchka
1928 Patent
1933 Patent
- LHS Sterncrest example with Silver band, courtesy Doug Valitchka
The "Diamond" series appears to be their high-end line. They had a different logo which was 3 diamonds in a row, larger in the middle. They also had Allbriar models (stem and bowl both made of briar) in the Diamond line, and these tended to have a screw type fitment with stinger, like Kaywoodie or Dr. Grabows.