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Dans l'Ephemeris hiver-printemps 2005, j'ai écrit un article sur la Dunhill LB ("Dunhill Large Billiard Variations” at pp. 37-39) et plus particulièrement sur la variante Shell des années 1920 ‘thin shank/straight bowl walls’ (tige mince/foyer droit") de la LB standard ‘thick shank / applish bowl’ (tige épaisse/foyer arrondi). Cependant, une acquisition ultérieure m'amène à voir les choses un peu différemment.
Dans l'Ephemeris hiver-printemps 2005, j'ai écrit un article sur la Dunhill LB ("Dunhill Large Billiard Variations” at pp. 37-39) et plus particulièrement sur la variante Shell des années 1920 ‘thin shank/straight bowl walls’ (tige mince/foyer droit") de la LB standard ‘thick shank / applish bowl’ (tige épaisse/foyer arrondi). Cependant, une acquisition ultérieure m'amène à voir les choses un peu différemment.


It is a 2” tall, 5 ¾” long 1917 Dunhill  Bruyere billiard stamped '''H.W DUNHILL''' [over] '''DUKE ST S.W.''' on one side and '''“INNER TUBE”''' [over] '''PAT. No 5681/12 8''' on the other. This is a remarkably large pipe for the “Duke Street” period, in terms of bowl height  and length it is an LB and like smooth finished LBs of the 1920s it is stamped “H.W” (‘handworked’) and with an “8” inner tube size. It is not stamped “LB” but then that shape designation was probably not introduced until 1918/1919, so it is probably best viewed as a prototype.  
Il s'agit d'une Dunhill Bruyere modèle Billiard de 2" (5cm) de haut et de 5 ¾" (13,4 cm) de long, datant de 1917, estampillée '''H.W DUNHILL''' [au-dessus de] '''DUKE ST S.W.''' d'un côté et '''"INNER TUBE"''' [au dessus de] '''PAT. No 5681/12 8''' sur l'autre. Il s'agit d'une pipe remarquablement grande pour l'époque de "Duke Street", que ce soit en termes de hauteur de foyer ou de longueur, c'est une LB et comme toutes les LB à finition lisse des années 20 elle est marquée “H.W” (‘handworked’ – "Fait Main") et possède un inner tube de  taille  "8 ". Elle n'est pas marquée "LB" mais cette appellation de forme ne fut sans doute pas introduite avant 1918/1919, aussi il faut probablement plutôt la considérer comme un prototype.  


But most interesting in that regard is that this 1917 ‘prototype’ has straight sided bowl walls and medium rather then thick shank, that is to say it is more properly a prototype of the 1920s Shell LB variation rather then of the ‘standard’ applish bowl / thick shank LB.  All of which leads me to suggest that perhaps the thin shank/straight bowl wall LB must be viewed as the original shape and that the applish bowl/thick shank LB must be viewed as the variation which quickly became the norm first for smooth finishes and by the 1930’s for all finishes.  
But most interesting in that regard is that this 1917 ‘prototype’ has straight sided bowl walls and medium rather then thick shank, that is to say it is more properly a prototype of the 1920s Shell LB variation rather then of the ‘standard’ applish bowl / thick shank LB.  All of which leads me to suggest that perhaps the thin shank/straight bowl wall LB must be viewed as the original shape and that the applish bowl/thick shank LB must be viewed as the variation which quickly became the norm first for smooth finishes and by the 1930’s for all finishes.