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On the faux "hallmarks" v Dublin silver hallmarks. There are many Peterson pipes with sterling silver bands that do not have  
On the faux "hallmarks" v Dublin silver hallmarks. There are many Peterson pipes with sterling silver bands that do not have  
hallmarks though, even some in the Premier and Deluxe grades.
hallmarks though, even some in the Premier and Deluxe grades.
===1899 – 1970 London Made Pipes===
[[File:English cat front.jpg|thumb|200px|1962 Peterson Catalog (London Factory), Courtesy Jim Lilley]]English made Peterson pipes actually spanned the period between the pre-Republic and Republic eras.In 1899, Peterson opened the first in a series of several successive shops in London England that lasted until the late 1960/70s.<br>
1899 - 53 New Broad St. E.C.<br>
1910 - 7 Hills Pl., Oxford St. W<br>
1915 - 21 Mortimer St. W <br>
Finally moving to 74/77 White Lion Street until 1970 .<br>
So the English Era, for a simplified date, will be from 1899 through to around 1970. The stamps Peterson used in London and that we have seen are:
*Made in England - block format
*Made in England - circle format
*Made in London
*Made in London England
*Simply, London England
*London Made over England - block format
*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.<br>
As one can see this is pretty straightforward but there have been inconsistencies within this method
of stamping. Peterson was never very energetic in removing their old stamps from the work stations
so the older stamps can and did cross-over into the newer Era's.
Examples of London Made Pipes from the Jim Lilley Collection:
<gallery>
File:Cased Pair London Petes ED.JPG|Cased Pair of London Made Pipes
File:Pipedia15.jpg|1950 London made 440 shape
File:Pipedia16.jpg|1950 London made X105
File:Pipedia17.jpg|London made 150 bulldog
</gallery>
Some Peterson smokers in the know prefer the smoking quality of the Peterson London factory
pipes over those produced in Dublin.
The London office and Factory was located at 74/77 White Lion Street. There is some speculation
as to when it may have closed and stopped production.(80's?) I have copies of two English Peterson
pipe catalogues,one is dated 1962 and the later one is dated 1965.<br>
Here are some sample pipe photos from those London made pipes in my collection.


'''Captain Pete Pipes'''
'''Captain Pete Pipes'''
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