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Dunhill Bruyere Patent (4) (A) (PE) (1950) Tobacco Pipe
Product Number: 004-002-3401
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Stamping
4 [in circle]
A
DUNHILL
LONDON
MADE IN LONDON0[0 is underlined]
PAT.No.4-17574/34
PE
Condition: 4.25/5 Some minor spider webbing in the cake and dings on the rim with darkening. The tenon has also been opened.
4 [in circle]
A
DUNHILL
LONDON
MADE IN LONDON0[0 is underlined]
PAT.No.4-17574/34
PE
Condition: 4.25/5 Some minor spider webbing in the cake and dings on the rim with darkening. The tenon has also been opened.
- Length: 5.33 in./135.38 mm.
- Weight: 1.10 oz./31.18 g.
- Bowl Height: 2.01 in./51.05 mm.
- Chamber Depth: 1.80 in./45.72 mm.
- Chamber Diameter: 0.69 in./17.53 mm.
- Outside Diameter: 1.30 in./33.02 mm.
- Stem Material: Vulcanite
- Filter: None
- Shape: Bent Billiard
- Finish: Smooth
- Material: Briar
- Country: England
About This Pipe
This is just one of those pipes that makes me go 'huh?'
First off, the acorn shape here is classic Danish by design, but made by Dunhill. The patent numbers and additional stamping chime with the year 1950 (since patent numbers were dropped in '55), yet the group size (4) is stamped on the shank - something that started in 1951. From what I can guess, This pipe was made during a fine line between 1950 and 1951. This might make sense if Dunhill was selling pieces to retailers with group sizes stamped on the shanks in 1951; so they may have needed to do some stamping after completion or early batches. As far as patents go; this is a riddle of a good pipe.
-Adam Davidson
