1946-1950 Sasieni Four Dot Buckingham S Patent Era Lovat Estate Briar Pipe, English Estates

Description

Along with names like Barling, Charatan, and Dunhill Sasieni holds a special place in the history of English smoking pipes – one near to its very beginnings. So the story goes, Sasieni himself worked for Dunhill during its early days. But eventually he left Dunhill, having his own ideas about how pipes should be made, and founded Sasieni. This was 1919, and Sasieni has been the closest thing to a household name in English pipes ever since.

After a legal battle with Dunhill prevented Sasieni from using a one-dot stem inlay, Joel Sasieni was forced to come up with a new way of marking the company’s most perfect pipes. So, Sasieni started using four-dot inlays instead. Thus was born the Four Dot, which, funnily enough, came to rival even Dunhill’s “White Spot” as a signifier for high-grade, English-made pipes. This particular Four Dot is an example of Sasieni’s classic “Buckingham S” Lovat, also known as the 55s, dressed in what looks to be the make’s Walnut finish. As this pipe is from the period between 1946 and 1950, the name of the finish is not stamped on the bowl itself.

The condition is great. Some minor wear t the rim.

 

Details:

Length: 6″ / 152.4mm

Bowl Width: 0.76″ / 19.30mm

Bowl Depth: 1.51″ / 38.35mm

Weight: 1.8oz / 52g