Posting for a student (Kelly Dixon) who has not signed onto the list yet:
 
>I am looking for information (manufacturer, date of manufacture, etc.)
>regarding a COLOGNE mark on a clay pipe.  This mark is impressed upon the
>stem, near the joint of the stem and the bowl, facing the smoker.  The
>letters JG are impressed into the spur of this pipe.  Thank you.
 
Our sources have come up empty on this one so far.  Ideas?  Are we just
overlooking the obvious?
 
 
 
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