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<center>'''1907 - March 1910'''</center>
<center>'''1907- March 1910'''</center>
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Exclusively third party made pipes. Shape numbers running from '''1''' through '''30''' and probably, '''DUNHILL''' over '''DUKE ST. S.W''' stamps. Stamping in these years is presently unknown, but it should be something like that:
Exclusively third party made pipes. Shape numbers running from '''1''' through '''30''' (but not only in this period) and probably, '''DUNHILL''' over '''DUKE ST. S.W''' stamps. Stamping in these years is presently unknown, but it should be something like that:




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First own partial (still using bowls shaped in France) production introduced in 1910. Initially, Dunhill made pipes was a limited production straight grain pipe hand-cut from over century-old briar burls. Classified by a "'''B'''" (denoted highest quality pipe) becoming a "'''DR'''" (denoted straight-grained) and a classification marked by an "'''A'''" (denoted first quality), until early 1915. After that, they became a high-end subset to the Dunhill 'Bruyere'.
First own partial (still using bowls shaped in France) production introduced in 1910. Initially, made from over century-old briar burls, classified by a "'''B'''" (denoted highest quality pipe); "'''DR'''" (denoted straight-grained) and an "'''A'''" (denoted first quality), until early 1915. After that, they became a high-end subset to the Dunhill 'Bruyere'. The DR and B pipes, a limited production, they should be distinguished as hand cut in London from burls as opposed to the Bruyere line which was generally finished from French turned bowls until 1917.




{| class="wikitable" style="margin: auto;"
|+1907-1912
|<center>'''Dunhill <br>Duke ST. S. W.'''</center>
|1-30
|DR (B) or A
|No Patent
|}


{| class="wikitable" style="margin: auto;"
{| class="wikitable" style="margin: auto;"
|+1912-1915
|+1913-1915
|<center>'''Dunhill <br>Duke ST. S. W.'''</center>
|<center>'''Dunhill <br>Duke ST. S. W.'''</center>
|1-30
|1-30
|A or B(DR)
|DR (B) or A
|<center>"Inner Tube"<br>PAT.N° 5861/12</center>
|<center>"Inner Tube"<br>PAT.N° 5861/12</center>
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|+1915-1918
|+1915-1918
|<center>'''Dunhill <br>Duke ST. S. W.'''</center>
|<center>'''Dunhill <br>Duke ST. S. W.'''</center>
|Ao and Ao(DR)
|A o and (DR)
|PAT.N° 5861/12
|PAT.N° 5861/12
|}
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