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The conception of the invention is reported in the book "About Smoke", released in mid-1920. The Algeria had become an important source of root briar supply. It was at the beginning of 1914 that Alfred Dunhill bought his first shipment of Algerian briar. Impressed with the beauty and richness of the grain of his new briar stock, he tried to put it into production, but soon found that the results were not satisfactory on account of the softness of the material. Unused briar blocks were subsequently put aside and forgotten-for months-near the heating furnace. At random, sometime next summer, he decided to re-examine these blocks and realized that some of the grains had shrunk, notably highlighting, leaving a pattern of relief similar to that of a sea shell, result of prolonged exposure to Heat. The voluminous wood spongy could be reduced to a mere shell, assuming a new and fascinating appearance, which, coupled with its extreme lightness and perfect quality could become an excellent and beautiful piece. On account of these characteristics, each piece is unique. It is born then, the classic and iconic "Dunhill's Shell Briar ". | |||
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We can observe that in addition to the registered patents, we also have the registration of the mark applied between parenthesis below the "Briar"-(REGD). There were two records, one for "The Briar Shell ", requested at the English Intellectual Property Office (IPO) on February 19, 1921, published on March 30 of the same year and expired on February 20, 2015, without renewal. The other record went to "Dunhill's Shell Briar", requested on May 19, 1921, published on June 29 of the same year and renewed on February 04, 2015. | |||
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