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[[File:1898LionMeer.JPG|thumb|300px|1898 Lion Head Meerschaum, Courtesy Jim Lilley collection (similar in figure to the iconic pipe on the old Peterson Patent catalogue shown above. The two figurative pipes on the catalog cover are briar pipes crafted by Louis Lamberthod in St Claude (France). Peterson used to commission this kind of pipe from the French pipemaker, inventor of the famous machine able to duplicate figurative pipes.)]][[File:1912PugMeer-L.jpg|thumb|300px|left|A large magnificent 1912 Peterson Meerschaum figural carving of a Mastiff Dog, Courtesy Jim Lilley collection]]

[[File:1901Patent.jpg|thumb|left|1901 Patent Example, Jim Lilley Collection]][[File:1900Bog Oak.jpg|thumb|1900 Bog Oak, Jim Lilley Collection]][[File:1900Giant2.JPG|thumb|A Huge 1900 Patent Deluxe Magnum with 20 inch stem. Above is a modern D6 Churchwarden for scale comparison.]][[File:Pipedia1.jpg|thumb|left|A selection of patent era pipes, Jim Lilley collection]]If I was asked if there was one single reason that motivates me to continue collecting Peterson pipes, I would most probably respond that it was their evocative and marvellous design history. Which to my mind,as a self confessed old romantic, opens a portal to more elegant times past and established Peterson as one of the forerunners of the classic pipe designs of today.

In 1865 the Kapp brothers opened a small tobacco shop in Dublin. Ten years later in 1875, Charles Peterson