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Thank you so much for your help everyone! Based on the suggestion that it may be nickel plated brass and also American, i finally found my answer. it is a feaux stamped nickel plated brass pipe made by C.P.F. or Colossus Pipe Factory which dates it between 1896 and 1920 based in New York.

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I am posting this here because the first of the three marks is an anchor which led me to believe it is a Birmingham piece. what confuses me is the the third mark which looks to be russian. I have poured over the maker mark and hallmark sites for days and have found absolutely nothing. i know very li...