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English Estates: Dunhill Shell Briar (59) (F/T) (4) (S) (1961) Tobacco Pipe
Product Number: 004-002-37826
This rendition of Dunhill's old "59" straight Billiard design features a medium-sized Group 4 bowl, showing just a touch of forward cant for compositional balance, on the end of a shank that's slightly less robust than other iterations of the "59" we've seen. Crafted back in 1961, the stummel wears the English marque's renowned Shell Briar sandblast for ample texture in hand and a consistently dark, tastefully understated color palette.
The Shell Briar's addition to the Dunhill catalog was a pivotal moment in pipe-smoking history. Before 1917, pipes with sandblasted finishes had never been made, and Alfred Dunhill's innovative mind created arguably the most popular finish for pipes today when he unveiled the Shell Briar. With its dark, reserved color palette and delightful texture, it's no surprise that it's still wildly popular over a century later.
-Truett Smith
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CONDITION:
Rim Darkening Mild Chamber Carbonizing Minor Tooth Marks
STAMPING:
59 F/T
DUNHILL
SHELL BRIAR
MADE IN
ENGLAND 1
4 (In Circle)
S
- Length: 5.62 in./142.75 mm.
- Weight: 1.07 oz./30.39 g.
- Bowl Height: 1.84 in./46.74 mm.
- Chamber Depth: 1.59 in./40.39 mm.
- Chamber Diameter: 0.77 in./19.56 mm.
- Outside Diameter: 1.35 in./34.29 mm.
- Stem Material: Vulcanite
- Filter: None
- Shape: Billiard
- Finish: Sandblast
- Material: Briar
- Country: England
