Dunhill 1990 Chestnut 4103 Smooth Billiard Estate Briar Pipe, English Estates

Description

To veteran pipe smokers, Dunhill needs no introduction. Beginning in 1907, Alfred Dunhill began selling Dunhill pipes at the tobacconist shop he owned on London’s Duke Street. Very quickly, these pipes gained the reputation of being the ‘Rolls-Royce’ of pipes due to how expertly crafted they were. Today, Dunhill is likely Britain’s most famous pipe manufacturer, and continues to produce some of the most treasured pipes a smoker can buy.

As the name suggests, Dunhill’s Chestnut series is one of pipes featuring a warm, chestnut stain, complemented by a red and black swirl brindle stem, also known as cumberland. But there’s a little more to its origin than first meets the eye. The series was introduced in the early 1980s, to commemorate the closing of a warehouse Dunhill owned on Cumberland Road, in West London. This explains the stem. But it should also be noted that the Chestnut also incorporated the same stain used on Dunhill’s Cumberland series, where it is instead applied over sandblasted briar.

The condition is fair. Some darkening and general wear to the rim, including a spot of char on the inner lip of the chamber, and a very small nick.

 

Details:

Length: 5.5″ / 139.7mm

Bowl Width: 0.83 / 21.08mm

Bowl Depth: 1.56″ / 39.62mm

Weight: 1.1oz / 32g