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'''Alfred Dunhill Pipes'''
'''Alfred Dunhill Pipes'''
This is a work in progress. Please feel free to contribute if you are a Dunhill expert, or knowledgeable enthusiast.  
This is a work in progress. Please feel free to contribute if you are a Dunhill expert or knowledgeable enthusiast.  


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'''1907''': First Dunhill tobacco shop opened (7 July or most likely, 9 or 10 September) on 31a Duke St  
'''1907''': First Dunhill tobacco shop opened (7 July or most likely, 9 or 10 September) on 31a Duke St. Late in the same year, My Mixture book was started.
'''1908''': Dunhill's Motorities shop opened in Glasgow. Cigarette manufacturing by hand begins.
'''1908''': Dunhill's Motorities shop opened in Glasgow. Cigarette manufacturing by hand begins.


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[[File:ADyoung.jpg|thumb|right|150px| Young Alfred - © Alfred Dunhill Ltd.]]
[[File:ADyoung.jpg|thumb|right|150px| Young Alfred - © Alfred Dunhill Ltd.]]
[[File:Adsignature.jpeg|thumb|right|150px| Alfred's signature]]
[[File:Alfred-dunhill-71153079.jpg|thumb|right|150px| Alfred's signature]]
[[File:ADparents.jpg|thumb|right|150px| Alfred's parents - © Alfred Dunhill Ltd.]]
[[File:ADparents.jpg|thumb|right|150px| Alfred's parents - © Alfred Dunhill Ltd.]]
[[File:ADhouses.jpg|thumb|right|150px| Alfred's Houses - © Alfred Dunhill Ltd.]]
[[File:ADhouses.jpg|thumb|right|150px| Alfred's Houses - © Alfred Dunhill Ltd.]]
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[[File:Eroad.jpg|thumb|right|250px| Euston Road - 1900]]
[[File:Eroad.jpg|thumb|right|250px| Euston Road - 1900]]
[[File:Adahdmd.jpg|thumb|right|250px| Alfred, Alfred Henry and Mary Dunhill]]
[[File:Adahdmd.jpg|thumb|right|250px| Alfred, Alfred Henry and Mary Dunhill]]
[[File:WSpatent.jpg|thumb|right|250px| Wind-shield Patent]]


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"(...)hoping to combat some of the difficulties a smoker would face while driving. It was this sort of innovation in response to the customer’s needs that would make Dunhill Pipes the leader in its field. "Smokingpipes.com[http://www.smokingpipes.com/pipes/new/dunhill/history.cfm]
"(...)hoping to combat some of the difficulties a smoker would face while driving. It was this sort of innovation in response to the customer’s needs that would make Dunhill Pipes the leader in its field. "Smokingpipes.com[http://www.smokingpipes.com/pipes/new/dunhill/history.cfm]
[[File:Wspipebanner.jpg|thumb|right|150px| Windshield Pipe - flyer]]
[[File:Wspipebanner.jpg|thumb|right|150px| Windshield Pipe - flyer]]
[[File:Wspipe.jpg|thumb|right|200px| Dunhill Shell 4112 - ©Pfeifenkonsulat]]
[[File:WSpatent.jpg|thumb|right|150px| Wind-shield Patent]]
<blockquote>"the initial windshield pipes were not a success. Within a few years, many were recut to a flat top bowl and sold off at a discount." Loring, J. C., The Dunhill Briar Pipe - The Patent Years and After (self-published, Chicago, 1998).</blockquote>
<blockquote>"the initial windshield pipes were not a success. Within a few years, many were recut to a flat top bowl and sold off at a discount." Loring, J. C., The Dunhill Briar Pipe - The Patent Years and After (self-published, Chicago, 1998).</blockquote>
It wasn't a tremendous success but had a catalyst effect on young Alfred. In 1905, Alfred left the automotive business and opened another company for the development of patents, at Argyll Place, N.8 - London.
It wasn't a tremendous success but had a catalyst effect on young Alfred. In 1905, Alfred left the automotive business and opened another company for the development of patents, at Argyll Place, N.8 - London.
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And onto his desk, one day came that all-important pipe with a wind-shield which first turned his thoughts in the directions of the tobacco trade.</q> Dunhill, Mary, Our Family Business (The Bodley Head - Great Britain, 1979).
And onto his desk, one day came that all-important pipe with a wind-shield which first turned his thoughts in the directions of the tobacco trade.</q> Dunhill, Mary, Our Family Business (The Bodley Head - Great Britain, 1979).
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[[File:Wspipe.jpg|center|250px| Dunhill Shell 4112 - ©Pfeifenkonsulat]]
At the same time, other stores at Dunhill's Motorities have been opened in Edinburgh, Manchester, and the Cecil Hotel in London.
At the same time, other stores at Dunhill's Motorities have been opened in Edinburgh, Manchester, and the Cecil Hotel in London.
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<q>Since his apprenticeship to the family harness-making business, he had already built up and sold his interest in an enterprise called Dunhill's Motorities which had seized upon a market still in its infancy by selling special clothing and accessories to the earliest motorists.</q> Dunhill, Mary, Our Family Business (The Bodley Head - Great Britain, 1979).
<q>Since his apprenticeship to the family harness-making business, he had already built up and sold his interest in an enterprise called Dunhill's Motorities which had seized upon a market still in its infancy by selling special clothing and accessories to the earliest motorists.</q> Dunhill, Mary, Our Family Business (The Bodley Head - Great Britain, 1979).
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[[File:Screen_Shot_2562-09-07_at_17.21.07.png|thumb|right|200px| Briar Selection. ©About Smoke]]
[[File:Screen_Shot_2562-09-07_at_17.21.07.png|thumb|right|200px| Briar Selection. ©About Smoke]]
[[File:Screen_Shot_2562-09-07_at_17.21.19.png|thumb|right|200px| Briar Selection. ©About Smoke]]
[[File:Screen_Shot_2562-09-07_at_17.21.19.png|thumb|right|200px| Briar Selection. ©About Smoke]]
[[File:00000IMG 00000 BURST20191102150900988 COVER.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Outdoor Smokers]]


Loring stated in his book that between 1907 and March 1910 (before establishing the manufacturing facility) Alfred's pipes were not made by him. He bought fully manufactured pipes, (most probably) made out of varnished Algerian briar, in four shapes. These were thick shanked, thin shanked, military mount billiards, and a bulldog. After this period, the pipes came from France.
Loring stated in his book that between 1907 and March 1910 (before establishing the manufacturing facility) Alfred's pipes were not made by him. He bought fully manufactured pipes, (most probably) made out of varnished Algerian briar, in four shapes. These were thick shanked, thin shanked, military mount billiards, and a bulldog. After this period, the pipes came from France.
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[[File:Princeshape314.jpeg|center|400px|About Smoke]]
In 1921, only fourteen years after Alfred Dunhill opened his doors, his firm received its first Royal Warrant, as Tobacconist to Edward, Prince of Wales. To mark the happy and commercially valuable event, Alfred commissioned a new Shell Brair pipe shape, shape 314: it had an apple-shaped bowl and a slightly curved stem. Naturally, he named it the 'Prince'. Balfour, Michael, Alfred Dunhill, One Hundred Years and More (Weidenfield and Nicolson, London, 1992).
[[File:201911023498882077089214320.jpg|thumb|150px|right|Royal Warrant]]
<blockquote><q>The Royal Warrant Holders Association was formed in 1840. Its main objective is to ensure the continued existence of the Royal Warrant as a treasured and respected institution. A Royal Warrant of Appointment is a mark of recognition of those who have supplied goods or services to the Households of HM The Queen, HRH The Duke of Edinburgh or HRH The Prince of Wales for at least five years, and who have an ongoing trading arrangement.</q> The Royal Warrant Holders Association.</blockquote>
[[File:Walesprince--pipe-smoking-cigar-smoking.jpg|thumb|150px|right|Prince of Wales]]
<q>Dunhill's most important early customer was Edward, Prince of Wales and Dunhill maintained a 'Royal Drawer' in the Duke Street shop in order to have the Prince's usual requisites always at hand. In 1921 Edward gave Dunhill it's first English Royal Warrant and Dunhill proudly displayed the same on it's "About Smoke" catalogues and numerous pipe related accessories and packaging until 1936, when after briefly ascending the throne, Edward abdicated. Edward continued to be a life long customer but following abdication dealt with the Paris and New York shops.
In honor of the 1921 Royal Warrant and with the Prince's permission, Dunhill designed and named a pipe in his honor, the 'Prince' (shape 314, a squat apple with a slightly bent, thin shank). It also blended a new pre-packaged tobacco blend in his honor, the 'Prince of Wales'. Additionally at the Edward's request, Dunhill carved a special 'Ol)' pipe for him in the shape of his profile and with a triangular shank. While both the Prince pipe and the Prince of Wales blend proved quite popular, particularly with Americans, Edward himself, at least in the 1920's, preferred the number 302 pipe shape because it accommodated the Dunhill pipe tobacco cartridge.</q> Loring, J. C., The Dunhill Briar Pipe, The Patent Years and After (self-published, Chicago, 1998).
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<blockquote><q>No doubt the Royal Patronage, first granted in 1921 largely through the custom of Edward, Prince of Wales, a keen pipe smoker, caught their attention just as it attracted members of other royal families. Actors, politicians, writers, lawyers - members of just about every profession were becoming regular customers.</q> Dunhill, Mary, Our Family Business (1979).</blockquote> 
*'''Note:''' Dunhill received it's first English Royal Warrant from Edward, Prince of Wales in 1921. Thereafter into the 1990's, a Royal Warrant has frequently been displayed in connection with pipes and pipe accessories (most notably pipe cases and tobacco tins) and can often be a useful dating tool. Loring.
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<center>'''Dunhill Cocktail Pipes Set.'''</center>
<center>'''Dunhill Cocktail Pipes Set.'''</center>
All 4 bowls are cut out of single briar root. It was the best-quality line (A).
Ladies pipe with interchangable bowls, circa 1918. All 4 bowls are cut out of single briar root. It was the best-quality line (A).
Set has 2 stems and both are stamped with Dunhill Reg. Number.
Set has 2 stems and both are stamped with Dunhill Reg. Number.
Pipes were made at the end of 1918. Original Dunhill patented case is dated 1919.
Pipes were made at the end of 1918. Original Dunhill patented case is dated 1919.
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*'''Note:''' Table taken from Loring's book with minor changes. <br>Loring, J. C., The Dunhill Briar Pipe, The Patent Years and After (self-published, Chicago, 1998). Used by permission.
*'''Note:''' Table taken from Loring's book with minor changes. <br>Loring, J. C., The Dunhill Briar Pipe, The Patent Years and After (self-published, Chicago, 1998). Used by permission.
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