English version
 Updated: May 13, 2013 
Pipes with patent number
1910 - 1929

DUKE ST SW

 pre - 1918
 
DUNHILL over
DUKE STREET SW (*)
24: shape #
DR: "Dead Root" = Strght grain

PAT.N° 5861/12

(*) This stamping was left off in Oktober 1918. From this time onward the pipes were marked "DUNHILL" over "LONDON".

The two little circles are some indication on work/pricing/quality. Their precise meaning is not known.

• Value (Estate - Oct 2008): 376.00 GB £ • 475,40 €

A• Bruyere

 1918
 
36 : shape #
A.: Bruyere
PAT.N° 5681/12

Full-stop after the "A":
From Oct 21, 1918 to Jan 2, 1919

The patent number 5681/12 doesn't exist. The patent number associated with the Innertube is 5861/12 and it seems the marking of this pipe is an error.

• Value (Estate - Mar 2008): 510.75 US$ • 330,20 €

PATENT SHELL

 1918-1920
4 : shape #
DUNHILL'S "SHELL"
PAT. APP. FOR
PAT. MAR. 9. 15


No date suffix

Pipes with the "MAR.9.15" US reference together with "PAT.APP.FOR" date from 1918-1920. The date suffix was not introduced until late 1921.

• Value (Estate - Apr 2011): 318.00 US $ • 213.50

PATENT SHELL BRIAR

 1918-21
  
3: shape # (?)
PATENT NOS 5861.12.  119708.17
(1918-26)
No date suffix # : <1921
"Reg." marking on stem

From 1921 trough 1931 (inclusive) Shells were stamped DUNHILL'S "SHELL" if there was a MADE IN ENGLAND line. When MADE IN ENGLAND was missing they were stamped DUNHILL'S "SHELL BRIAR": this pipe hasn't any MADE IN ENGLAND line.

• Value (Estate - Feb 2008): 305.00 US$ • 201,60 €

INNER TUBE
PATENTED MARCH-9-15

 1920-21
 
60: shape #

PATENTED MARCH-9-15
(1915-1928)
No year suffix : <1921
The D of DUNHIL allows further pecision *

* This pipe has no year suffix
Bruyeres with tails on the D were produced from November 1920.

• Value (Estate - Mar 2008): 376.00 US $ • 243,40 €

INNER TUBE
PATENTED 1914

 1920 - 1921
 
Ao: Bruyere finish
35: shape #
Inner Tube
PATENTED 1914

This pipe has no year suffix
Bruyeres with tails on the D were produced from November 1920.

• Value (Estate - Sep 2009): 300.00 US $ • 204,20 €

GOLD-PLATED

 1920-1926
DUNHILL'S "SHELL (BRIAR)"
29: Shape number
PATENT Nos 5861/12...

No legible year suffix

Box

The wood of this pipe is coated with 10 karat gold tested by the owner of the pipe (black stone test).

The "Nos" (with an "s") stamping coming after "PATENT" indicates a pipe with a double patent. The first patent number (5861/12) is legible and corresponds to the English Innertube patent. The second is worn out by the gold layer but can only be 119708/17. This patent pattern (5861/12 119708/17) was used in the 1918-1926 period on sandblasted Dunhill pipes.

The patent number PAT.N° 141486/19 on the box (granted in 1920) is compatible with the pipe stampings.
It corresponds to a ventilated box design (see Vercingetorix pipe).

For these reasons the manufacture of this pipe may be situated in the 1920-1926 period of time. A more accurate dating would be risky as to the lack of a year suffix. The gold plated Dunhill pipes were fist mentioned in their 1923 sales brochure.

• Value (Estate - Aug 2011): 1,221.00 US $ • 853.00 €

HAND WORKED

 1923
 
E17: shape #
H.Wo: Hand Worked
Pat. No.5861/12 (1913-1926)
Pat. America 1915 (1915-1924)
Year suffix 3 : 1920+3
On stem: Reg No., 654638
 
 

This pipe is stamped twice "MADE IN ENGLAND".
See also other HWo (Hand Worked) pipe: BRUYERE without patent 1925

• Value (Estate - Jul 2008): 326.00 US $ • 205,60 €

PATENT "SHELL"

 1923
DUNHILL'S "SHELL"
48/24: shape #

PATS. MAR.9.15
& 1341418/20


Suffix 3: 1920+3

SHELL was stamped between quotation marks until 1934

• Value (Estate - Jul 2008): Unknown

INNER TUBE

 1923
 
Ao: Bruyere
145: shape #
ENGLAND3 : 1923, 1943 or 1953
PATENTED MARCH-9-15 (1915-1923)
Inner Tube < 1935

• Value (Estate): unknown

INNERTUBE

Shield pipe
 1923
 

H.Wo: Hand Worked
U: Letters shape code
ENGLAND 3: 1920+3

PATENTED MARCH-9-15

Pipes with the mythical wind shield are typical of the period the brand started out. The "open air motorist pipes" have lead to replicas by both other pipe makers and Dunhill itself.
• Value (Estate - May 2013): 557.00 US $ • 434.00 €

 Hommage à Dunhill

 Le pare-vent d'Alfred #1

 Le pare-vent d'Alfred #2

 Pare-vent Dunhill #3

PATENT SHELL

1924
DUNHILL'S "SHELL"
56/9
: shape #

PAT. Nos 158709/14 & 209845/21
Suffix 4 : 1920+4

Both of the two numbers correspond to patents granted for Canada.

  • 158709/14 : Inner Tube.
  • 209845/21 : Oil Treatment/Sandblasting

See also pipe with the two numbers inverted

• Value (Estate - Aug 2011): 182.50 US $ • 128.50 €

PATENT Churchwarden

1924
H.Wo: Hand Worked
C: Churchwarden shape
F: Quaint shape

PAT.N°5861/12  
Suffix 4 : 1920+4
PAT.N°158709/14  

• Value (Estate - Sep 2008): 575.00 US $ • 391,20 €

PATENT BRUYERE

 1925
175: shape # (modified bulldog)
Ao: Bruyere
PATENT N° 1130806/15 (1924-1926)
ENGLAND5 : 1920+5

• Value (Estate - Jul 2008): 920.00 US $ • 580,20 €

PATENT "SHELL BRIAR"

 1926
DUNHILL'S "SHELL BRIAR"

PAT.NOS 119708/17.5861/12

Suffix 6 : 1920+6

From 1921 trough 1931 (inclusive) Shells were stamped DUNHILL'S "SHELL" if there was a MADE IN ENGLAND line. When MADE IN ENGLAND was missing they were stamped DUNHILL'S "SHELL BRIAR": this pipe hasn't any MADE IN ENGLAND line.

Other pipe stamped "SHELL BRIAR".
• Value (Estate - Jun 2011):

499.00 US $ • 347.10 € (not sold)

PATENT SHELL

 1926
14: shape #
Oval bowl
PAT Nos 119708/17.5861/12

Suffix 6 : 1920+6
Reg. N° on bottom of stem

• Value (Estate - Feb 2008): 203.50 US $ • 132,70 €

PATENT SHELL

 1926
DUNHILL'S "SHELL"
48/24: shape #
PAT Nos
1130806/15 & 1341418/20

Suffix 6: 1920+6

• Value (Estate - Mar 2008): 525.00 US $ • 339,80 €

UT

shape / forme
 1927
DUNHILL over LONDON
"INNER TUBE"

PAT. No.116989/17
Year suffix 7 : 1920+7

UT 7: shape code

• Value (Estate - Oct 2008): 1,976.55 US $ • 1468.20 €

FABRICATION ANGLAISE

 1927
K : Letters shape code
FABRICATION ANGLAISE
"Inner Tube"

BREV.N° 491232/18
Suffix 7 : 1920+7

"FABRICATION ANGLAISE" was reserved for pipes intended for export to France. The 'Innertube" patent number 491232/18 preceeded by "BREV" instead "PAT" corresponds to the unique number granted for France. "FABRICATION ANGLAISE" stamping was canceled with World War II.

• Value (Estate - Jun 2012): 306.00 US $ • 244.00 €

PATENT SHELL

 1927
DUNHILL'S "SHELL"
PAT Nos
209845/21 & 197365/20


Suffix 7 : 1920+7

See also pipe with the two numbers inverted

• Value (Estate - Jun 2010): 150.50 US $ • 121,56 €

DOUBLE PATENT SHELL

 1929
 
60/7: shape #
US PATENTS
1341418/20 & 1343253/20
(1927-1933)
Year suffix 9 : 1920+9
Stem Marking:
REG. No 654638

• Value (Estate - Apr 2008): 565.55 US $ • 358,00 €

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