1950 Patent Era Dunhill London, Dublin Estate Briar Pipe, English Estates [SOLD OUT]

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.

This particular pipe is a much-coveted patent-era Dunhill Dublin from 1950. It’s a medium-to-small pipe, dressed in the smooth, deep red stain that would later become standardized as the ‘Bruyere’ finish – which was designated at the time simply by the letter ‘A.’ As a bonus, this Dunhill still has the original, patented inner tube that gives this era of Dunhills its common namesake. Though the stamping is a little worn from polishing over the many decades of this pipe’s life, it is otherwise in a stellar condition, and should continue to be a faithful smoking companion for decades to come.

 

The nomenclature (though faint) reads as follows:

A 3 (in a circle)

DUNHILL

LONDON

and

MADE IN ENGLAND 0 (0 underlined)

PAT No. 417574/34

42

 

Details:

Length: 5.8″

Bowl Width: 19.4mm

Bowl Depth: 1.6″

Weight: 0.9oz / 28g