Thursday, March 7, 2013

Hallmarks


All Peterson Silver Mounted Pipes carry three distinctive marks :
Image and info credit: www.peterson.ie
  1. The Symbol Hibernia (Ireland) denoting the country of origin.
  2. .925 is a new European standard mark denoting the high quality (purity) of the silver used.
  3. The Date Letter Code for the year in which the silver was hallmarked and the pipe made.
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3 comments:

  1. Dave AndersonMarch 7, 2013 at 9:42 PM

    My Peterson S11 has a lower case i in a truncated rectangle 1976

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  2. UnknownMarch 7, 2013 at 11:21 PM

    S is having fits, we keep stealing images from other websites without permission. It's driving her crazy, sweet.

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  3. UnknownMarch 7, 2013 at 11:31 PM

    1998 80S military spigot, 1990 3S, 1989 11S and 1984 15 here.

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