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File:Yanglc.jpg|Dunhill Shell LLC, 1950. Steve Snyder Collection.

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  '''Pipe Smoking Competition'''<br>Mr. Colin Crow, manager of the Dunhill Shop, preparing the 33 identical pipes for the contest, testing one as he does so. Mr. Crow is also a judge in the contest. The Dunhill Pipe Smoking Competition gets underway at City Tattersalls this coming Wednesday night, 30th Oct. 33 people including three ladies will take part in the competition in teams of three. The pipes, all same size will be given to each competitor. They are competing for several prizes, the 1st being a Root Briar pipe valued at $1,500 with a gold windshield. October 29, 1980. Sydney - Australia.

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  '''Sir Walter Raleigh's Pipe & Alfred Dunhill.'''<br>

This Pipe, probably the first owned by an Englishman, was presented to Sir Walter by the American Indians. For over three hundred years it was treasured by succeeding generations of the family of Bishop Andrewes, to whom it was handed by Sir Walter Raleigh on the scaffold. On November 28th, 1911, it fell by a strange chance into the appropriate hands of Alfred Dunhill, who exhibits it at 30, Duke Street, Saint James's, London, S.W.<br>

 

Edsel James was not simply a pipe collector or a salesman, he was an endearing anachronism and reminder of a different time in our cultural history, Known by many affectionate aliases such as Mr. Dunhill, a curmudgeon, Captain Dot Head, and just plain ole Edsel, he was a unique character in an industry in dire need of such. A fellow pipe smoker who has spent the better part of his life both enjoying and promoting our wonderful hobby.<ref name=edsel>Uptown’s, Smoke Shop (2005). Collector’s Highlight - Spotlight on Edsel James (slightly adapted text. See original [https://pipedia.org/images/b/b9/UPTOWN_1.pdf here]).</ref> See more about it [https://pipedia.org/images/5/5a/PIPE_SMOKER_A_Edsel.pdf?fbclid=IwAR14zQdzDTlMLAMOrsTRkivrYycgiNhDXrqnwipcwXP1OMcg3Iiz4NEPUGY here] and [https://pipedia.org/images/a/af/ACCENT-Edsel.pdf?fbclid=IwAR2HT6MgwhHVhcBhvDk1gdDSqmi_ZNse-THqBaeEi7CjjrijUsUbddhVPAI here].  

Alfred was born on September 30, 1872, in the Haringey neighborhood, part of the suburban district of Hornsey, north of London. Alfred was the third of five children born to Henry Dunhill (1842-1901) and Jane Styles (1843-1922), his first cousin.

Sadly there is little information on Alfred's early life predating his entrance to the family business. There are sparse information and almost no reliable references. In particular, we have a quote in a column named "Mr. A. Dunhill " in The New York Times<ref name=nytobit>The New York Times (5 January 1959 - Part 3). "Alfred Dunhill, 86, tobacconist, dead". [https://www.nytimes.com/1959/01/05/archives/alfred-dunhill-86-tobacconist-dead.html NYTimes]</ref> which reports this:

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<center>'''A personal letter from Alfred H. Dunhill. August 1939.'''</center>

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<font size="2">'''Addendum:''' In 1989 Richemont acquires Philip Morris' 30 percent interest in Rothmans International<ref name=richemont>Richemont History, including Significant Investments and Divestments Retrieved 06 February 2020 from [https://www.richemont.com/group/history-including-significant-investments-and-divestments.html Richemont]</ref>. Rothmans International Group was formed in October 1993 through the reorganization of the tobacco and luxury goods businesses of Richmont, Rothmans, and Dunhill into two new listed groups, Rothmans International and Vendome. Rothmans International comprises all of Rothman's tobacco businesses and certain tobacco trademarks previously owned by Dunhill and Richmont. International cigarette brands owned and controlled by the group include Rothmans, Peter Stuyvesant, Dunhill, Craven A, and Golden American. Under its constitution, Rothmans International has a dual holding company structure, in which the shareholders hold units comprising twinned shares in Rothmans International Plc, a British company, and Rothmans International NV a Dutch company. Rothmans International Plc owns the UK-based businesses and Rothmans International NV owns non-UK based businesses. The composition of the boards of both companies is identical. Following the reorganization, Rothmans Tobacco (Holdings) SA, an indirectly wholly-owned Richmont subsidiary, owns 61% of the Rothmans International units, with the balance being held by former public shareholders of Rothmans and Dunhill<ref name=fu>Fundinguniverse (1998). Rothmans UK Holdings Limited History. Retrieved 06 March 2020 from [http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/rothmans-uk-holdings-limited-history/ fundinguniverse.com]</ref>. Vendome is now called Richemont (created in 1988 by the spin-off of the international assets owned by Rembrandt Group Limited of South Africa) and owns percent effective interest of BAT stock.<br> In 1995 Richemont buyout of Rothmans International minority shareholders. In 1996 Merger of Richemont's tobacco interests with those in South Africa held by Rembrandt Group Limited, Richemont owns 67 percent of the enlarged tobacco group.  In 1999 Merger of Rothmans International with British American Tobacco (Richemont holds 23.3 percent effective interest in the enlarged British American Tobacco)<ref name=richemont>Richemont History, including Significant Investments and Divestments Retrieved 06 February 2020 from [https://www.richemont.com/group/history-including-significant-investments-and-divestments.html Richemont]</ref>. The Dunhill brand as owned by Richemont was organized into two separately controlled entities: Dunhill Manufacturing (The White Spot Smoker's Accessory Division: pipes, lighters, leather goods, etc), and Dunhill luxury goods, which includes the stores, watches, pens (Dunhill bought Mont-Blanc around 1977), clothes etc<ref name=richemont>Richemont History, including Significant Investments and Divestments Retrieved 06 February 2020 from [https://www.richemont.com/group/history-including-significant-investments-and-divestments.html Richemont]</ref> (Richard Dunhill headed the pipe making division). Today, it is not a separate entity. The White Spot (smokers' accessory) division is a product division within Alfred Dunhill Limited (like menswear, leather goods or hard products)<ref name=hener>Hener, K. S. Product Line Director - The White Spot Smoker's Accessory Division and Walthamstow site. (Conversations held between 2019 and 2020).</ref> The stores and other branded items are run separately by people who figure their potential customer base is 95% non-smokers.<ref name=balfour21>Balfour, Michael. (1992). Alfred Dunhill, One Hundred Years and More, Introduction (pp.7-11). London, Weidenfield and Nicolson.</ref></font><br>

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<font size="2">'''Addendum+:''' In 1976 Dunhill acquired (for U$2,185,000 + 106,000 £ after loan repayments)  Lane Limited which included [[Charatan]] (acquired by Lane in '62), [[Ben Wade]] (acquired in '65 and the Grosvernor Pipe (founded in '62 by Herman Lane). In 1987 Dunhill Sold the control of Lane Ltd to Rothmans (later merged with BAT).<ref name=balfour24>Balfour, Michael. (1992). Alfred Dunhill, One Hundred Years and More (pp. 176-178). London: Weidenfield and Nicolson.</ref><br>Dunhill allowed Preben Holm to use the Ben Wade name until his death, in 1989. Almost a decade passed before John Louis Duncan bought the name from Dunhill and relaunched the brand while still using the [[Dunhill Factory]] at Walthamstow. The [[Ben Wade]] brand was subsequently sold to Mr Peter Wilson, in 1998 (John Duncan, a grandson of the founder John Louis Duncan, sold the firm to his brother-in-law Peter Wilson)<ref name=dgl>Ferrara, Fabio (2000). La datazione delle CHARATAN. Retrieved 08 April 2020 from [https://digilander.libero.it/tempioedonismo/CHARATAN.htmsmokingpipes.com digilander.libero.it]</ref><ref name=pmrs>The Pipes Magazine Radio Show – Episode 178 and 225. Ken Barnes on Radio Show. February 9, 2016 and January 3, 2017. Retrieved 08 April 2020 from [https://pipesmagazine.com/blog/category/radio-talk-show/ pipesmagazine.com]</ref>.<br>The Richemont group continue with manufacturing and selling the [[Charatan]] pipe brand nowadays (Dunhill and Charatan are still under the umbrella of them). [[Parker]] and Charatan pipes are mainly made in the Chatham workshop in Kent or abroad. Just the stamping and packing of those pipes is done in their main factory, in London<ref name=hener>Hener, K. S. Product Line Director - The White Spot Smoker's Accessory Division and Walthamstow site. (Conversations held between 2019 and 2020).</ref>. <br>In 1988 Dunhill licensed the rights to the Charatan name, trademark and shape chart - there was hardly more left over to sell - to James B. Russell Inc. (Upper Saddle River, NJ). Russell had made his Charatan pipes in [[Saint-Claude]], France. [[Butz-Choquin]] is said to be the manufacturer. Now, Saint-Claude made pipes are surely not bad per axiom, but these Charatans were woefully poor counterfeits of the "real" ones and quite a flop in sale. When J.B. Russell went out of business in 2002 Dunhill reintroduced Charatan and called on Colin Fromm of Invicta Briars and Castleford fame to produce Charatan freehands now. Since Colin Fromm and his foreman Colin Leeson, both belonging to the small number of English pipe artisans skilled in making high-end freehand shapes had already been making exquisite free-hands for Dunhill for a couple of years in Chatham, Kent.<ref name=ctm>Pipedia, Charatan - Milan 2014. Retrieved from [https://pipedia.org/wiki/Charatan_-_Milan_2014]</ref>

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<span style="font-size:small">'''Note:''' Mr. Richard Dunhill also mentions this change in an interview on Jack Webster's show, in 1984 [https://pipedia.org/wiki/Dunhill#Video_Interview_with_Richard_Dunhill].</span>

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[[File:Dunhill grey marbled stem.jpg|thumb|right|90px|Beige Marbled Stem]]

<center><font size="4">[[File:Aspas-copy.png|40px]]This white mouthpiece was made in our factory. It is made from a material called "Erinoid", a predecessor to Bakelite and we used it for its colour. Until recently we had some stock of the material left.[[File:Aspas.png|40px]]</font> The White Spot Division.<ref name=hener>Hener, K. S. Product Line Director - The White Spot Smoker's Accessory Division and Walthamstow site. (Conversations held between 2019 and 2020).</ref></center>

A piece of information about this material, taken from BBC, "A History of the World"<ref name=bbc>The British Museum, BBC (2011). A History Of The World. Erinoid Plastic. Retrieved 24 March 2020 from [http://www.bbc.co.uk/ahistoryoftheworld/objects/ZlmnlY2MT5a9ecQAnfJyKA BBC]</ref>.):

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The White Spot did on special request (2021), a limited production run for the Italian market of a variety of shapes in Shell Briar finish (with a grey marbled Vulcanite mouthpiece) and in Cumberland finish (with a beige marbled Vulcanite mouthpiece). All pipes are fitted with silver bands, both plain and engraved<ref name=hener31>Hener, K. S. Product Line Director - The White Spot Smoker's Accessory Division and Walthamstow site. (e-mail in 1/13/2021)[https://pipedia.org/images/9/9d/HENER_Kalmon_Wed_1_13_2021_5.41.png]</ref>.

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  '''Note+''': All the stems were hand-cut until 1976. They have since been machine made due to labor costs. They use a 3.7mm drill for both mouthpieces and stem bore (for bore pipes, 4mm)<ref name=hener>Hener, K. S. Product Line Director - The White Spot Smoker's Accessory Division and Walthamstow site. (Conversations held between 2019 and 2020).</ref>.<br>

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<font size="2">'''Addendum:''' In the mid-20s, any Dunhill pipe could be supplied fitted with a mouthpiece of Amber, Tortoiseshell, or Ivory with an extra cost<ref name=asbp>Dunhill Ltd., 1928 catalog, about Smoke, An Encyclopedia of Smoking (p. 48). Briarbooks Press.</ref></font>.<br>

  <font size="2">'''Addendum2:''' Apparently, using some kind of spot on mouthpieces was a common practice at that time. For example, in 1912 some 200 gross of a pipe called "The Durbar," with a white spot on the side of the mouthpiece, were manufactured and placed upon the market in England. However, that pipe disappeared from the market seven years later. It seems there were also other brands, represented by Frankel, Wolf Brothers, and even Charatan & Son, bearing a spot on the mouthpiece at some point. On 22 September 1921, Alfred Dunhill commenced an action against Bartlett & Bickley, represented by the owner, Mr. Charles Davis Jonas. The business that carried on under the firm name of Bartlett & Bickley had belonged to Charles David Jonas since 1901, and it had been moved to Vigo Street in 1910. Before the 1920s, Mr. Jonas had sold pipes of other people's manufacture, but in 1921, he brought out a pipe specially manufactured for him with a red spot on the mouthpiece, similarly placed to the white spot on Dunhill's pipes. Such pipes were marked on the shank with Mr. Jonas’ trademark "Barbie" which was registered in May 1920. They were also marked with Jonas' firm name and address. Alfred had requested Mr. Jonas to discontinue the use of such a spot on their pipes, but Mr. Jonas refused to do so. Mr. Jonas also stated that they intended to continue to manufacture and sell pipes having such a spot on the mouthpiece and would do so unless restrained by the Court. The action came to trial on 29 June 1922. It is interesting to notice in the file of this action, that Mr. Alfred Dunhill tried to disassociate the spot from the popularly known function, i.e. being a useful resource to aid customers in replacing the stem right side up, and suggested that initially it was added to stems largely to be a decoration. Despite the Wolf brothers' case law, the decision was unfavorable and the action failed, being dismissed with costs. Apparently, Alfred would have to get used to seeing spots in other colors on the market, facing his much-esteemed white spot.<ref name=caselaw>In The High Court of Justice - Chancery Division. REPORTS OF PATENT, DESIGN, AND TRADE MARK CASES [VOL. XXXIX. Dunhill v. Bartlett & Bickley (June and July, 1922) PP 426-443.[https://pipedia.org/images/d/d5/39-15-426-3.pdf]</ref></font>

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<font size="2">'''Addendum+:''' In 1953, Carreras acquired the assets of R & J Hill Limited of London and the entire share capital of Murray, Sons & Company Limited of Belfast who was manufacturing a fine range of popular pipe tobaccos, including Erinmore Mixture and Erinmore Flake. In 1954 the Rembrandt Tobacco Company acquired a controlling interest in Rothmans. Rembrandt was expanding and in 1958 acquired Carreras (the Carreras company it was an independent company until November 1958, when it merged with Rembrandt). 1961 the business had expanded to the point where Carreras had acquired the Rothmans cigarette and tobacco business in Britain and some of its overseas markets. As a result of this deal, the biggest shareholder in the enlarged operation became Rothmans Tobacco (Holdings).<ref name=CigaretteB>Harrald, Chris; Watkins, Fletcher (2010). The Cigarette Book: The History and Culture of Smoking. Skyhorse Publishing Inc.</ref> The Carreras Group acquired 50% of Dunhill's capital in 1967<ref name=balfourchronology>Balfour, Michael. (1992). Alfred Dunhill, One Hundred Years and More (pp. 234-236). London, Weidenfield and Nicolson.</ref>. Carreras Rothmans Ltd was formed in 1972 when Carreras Limited was used as the vehicle for the merger of various European tobacco interests to form Rothmans International. In 1988, the Rembrandt group founded the Swiss luxury goods company, Richemont, which in turn acquired Rembrandt's shares in Rothmans.</font>

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'''Black Briar''' is a smooth dark finish with vein contrasted in black introduced in 1970 and renamed the DRESS in 1979.

<font size="3">Some catalogs filled with great pictures of pipes, cigars ([[Dunhill Cigars]]), humidors, lighters, cigarette holders, clocks, and other accessories.'''</font>

 

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|'''[[Dunhill Catalog 1959]]''' or [https://pipedia.org/images/f/f5/Dunhill_1959.pdf pdf]

|'''[[Dunhill Catalog 1967]]''' or [https://pipedia.org/images/5/58/Dunhill_1967.pdf pdf]

|'''[[Dunhill Catalog 1969]]''' or [https://pipedia.org/images/f/ff/Dunhill_1969.pdf pdf]

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== Articles by John C. Loring ==  <!--T:342-->

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[[John C. Loring]], now a "broken pipe", was a leading authority on Dunhill pipes. His excellent book, "'''The Dunhill Briar Pipe''' - ''the patent years and after''", is an essential addition to any Dunhill collector's library. Sadly, John Loring's website is down. His son, Michael Loring had hoped to get the site back up, but that appears unlikely at this point. In addition to the Dunhill Briar Pipe, Loring wrote several important articles, which he had graciously allowed Pipedia to publish. Some made it here before his website disappeared. Very thankfully, several others were contributed by Jean-Christophe Bienfait, who has also translated them into French, and the rest have recently been added by Yang Forcióri, who also had all the photos. We think we have all of them here now. If you know of anything we're missing and have it, please add it here, or send it to sethile.pipes@gmail.com, and we can add it for you.

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'''John C. Loring''' - Perhaps the greatest collection that ever existed. Remembering '''[[Loring's Pipe Collection]]'''

 

'''Erik Hesse''' - Perhaps the greatest Dunhill's collection after Loring's. '''[[Erik Hesse|Hesse's Pipe Collection]]'''

'''G.L. Pease''' has a nice collection of Dunhills: [[The Mystery of the White Spot - Pipes from Dunhill]] (on Pipedia). On Greg's [http://glpease.com/Pipes/Collection/dunhill.html Website]

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*<font size="3">We have a list of collectors and their collections around the world. '''See more about it here:''' '''[[Dunhill Collections]]'''</font>

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  '''S.E.THILE Handmade Pipes'''

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