Galerie d'Objets rares
Pipe de dame avec fourneaux interchangeables, vers 1918. Les 4 têtes sont taillées dans un seul bloc de bruyère. C’était la qualité la plus fine (A). L’ensemble comporte deux tuyaux et les deux sont marqués du numéro d’enregistrement Dunhill (’Dunhill Reg. Number'). Les pipes ont été faites à la fin de 1918. Le coffret original breveté Dunhill est daté de 1919. Une seule tête (photo 2) été très légèrement fumée. Il y a des traces de goudron sur le dessus du fourneau mais la finition d’origine de la bruyère est encore visible à l’intérieur du fourneau. Les trois autres têtes n’ont pas été fumées.
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- Rare pipe du brevet de 1920, avec l'aimable autorisation de Racine & Laramie Tobaconist
courtesy Racine & Laramie Tobaconist
courtesy Racine & Laramie Tobaconist
courtesy Racine & Laramie Tobaconist
Kevin écrit que “feu Mr John Loring et moi-même étions chez lui en train de discuter de l’établissement d’un catalogue des nombreux marquages des tuyaux des Dunhill d’avant la Seconde Guerre Mondiale lorsque la discussion vint à porter spécifiquement sur l’année 1924. John et moi possédions plusieurs bruyères dans notre collection qui avaient le marquage DUNHILL de largeur constante au-dessus du LONDON, marquage qui est normalement celui de l’année 1918. Cependant, quatre de ces pipes portaient le code de 1924. J’ai remarqué que je n’avais vu qu’une seule pipe qui soit sans doute aucun datée de 1918, et c’est cette pipe. Qui plus est, le poinçon porté sur la bague <AD>en argent de cette pipe est également daté de 1918 (tête de léopard, lion passant et la lettre C pour la date).
This pipe helped to confirm Loring's work in dating these pipes, and my cataloging of five PROV. PRO stamped mouthpieces. The PROV. PRO mouthpiece stampings (also on this pipe, but faint) were on the earliest Dunhill pipes. I have only seen this stamp on Duke St. stamped pipes and this particular pipe here.
So, what you are looking at is a very rare 1918 Dunhill shape 60 of solid proportions (a group 4+) in extraordinarily fine condition. This is the mate to my 1917 shell of the same shape (a "notched shell", as John called them), and will be a fine and very important addition to the Dunhill collector. These 1918 stamped pipes are much rarer than the arched DUNHILL-stamped pipes of 1919.
Note: Our bands always carry at least an AD mark (in a diamond frame) and “925” for Sterling silver. Sometimes may not have the full Assay office hallmarks (which are not required if the silver weight does not exceed 7 grams).
Kalmon S. Hener. Product Line Director - The White Spot Smoker's Accessory Division and Walthamstow site.
- Courtesy Kevin Chapman via Jesse Silver
The Bent-Rhodesian in Root finish was made in 1984 and of course, it shows the white dot on the Vulcanite stem. It's 7 millimeters (!) long and weighs 0.005 Gramm (!) but theoretically, it is absolutely functional. On display in Dunhill's London showroom. - Space Shuttle was inspired by the space shuttles riding atop a Boing 747 en route back to Florida from Edwards airbase. - Cologne Cathedral was a special order made for Cologne pipe-trader Peter Heinrichs in 2005. It is a rare Dunhill Freehand Straight Grain 4 stars pipe in oversize (XL). The lid is worked – like the Cologne cathedral itself – out of 925 sterling silver. The smoke can escape through several holes in the lid as well as through the head portal of the cathedral. The pipe is therefore fully operable, but will hardly ever be smoked. The pipe (value: Euro 10,000) was blessed by the Cologne Cardinal Meißner (!!!) and received a display place in the Cologne City Museum.
- From the collection of Ty Jones, courtesy Anthony Cook
Updated: Yang (talk) 05:50, 20 January 2020 (CST)
Created:Yang (talk) 07:16, 14 October 2019 (CDT)