Cumberland Quaint Rhodesian (3) (2025) Tobacco Pipe

This particular style of Rhodesian dates back to the 1924 edition of Alfred Dunhill's catalog About Smoke: An Encyclopedia of Smoking. Similar to the traditional Rhodesian, it features a tapered upper bowl, demarcated by an equatorial ridgeline. However, here the rim's taper is noticeably concave rather than crisply beveled. Such a cue adds a more flourishing sense of curve to the profile, fitting in with that era's penchant for the Art Deco style, the movement having greatly influenced Alfred's About Smoke catalog. Here, it's offered in Group 3 size and dressed in the Cumberland finish.

When Alfred Dunhill released his patented Shell Briar, he forever changed the pipe-smoking world at large. Dunhill has often been credited with being the first to offer sandblasted pipes (arguably the most popular finish today), and the Cumberland finish further displayed Dunhill's innovative spirit. Well received after its release in 1979, the Cumberland series was named for the English marque's warehouse on Cumberland road, and the line's signature, brindled vulcanite stem became so iconic, the warmly striated material is now referred to simply as "cumberland."