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Pioneer Pipes was a meerschaum pipe & meerschaum lined briar pipe company based in Brooklyn, NY. Their meerschaum pipes were all marked with a fancy letter "P" (not to be confused with Peterson as above) & stamped "Genuine bLock Meerschaum". Impossible to know but you probably have an unidentified meerschaum pipe in a Pioneer Pipe case. It's possible they had a sister company that sold a line of seconds unmarked & under a different name. That was somewhat common back in the day.In going through my parent's estate, I have found several vintage pipes. I never knew my father smoked pipes, although I do recall him rolling cigarettes when I was very very young, but he had quit by the time i was 5 I think. And that was 60 years ago. Anyway, I am looking for information on any of them if you guys can help. Like Sergeant Schultz, "I know nothing" about pipes. Well, almost nothing, I've read this thread so I have a start...
Here are the first two, meerschaums. The amber stem belongs with the case, the yellow stem was loose in a box. The tag in the case says "Genuine Meerschaum by Pioneer. Deluxe." and has a drawing of a horse-drawn covered wagon. There are no markings on either pipe. View attachment 240677