Dunhill smoking Pipe Patent VERY OLD 1948?

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NOTE: THIS IS A SEVEN-DAY, NO RESERVE , AND COLLECTABLE BRIAR PIPE AUCTION. This is a beautiful Old Pipe in good condition, no chips or cracks. The marking are faint on this pipe but, with the help of my son's rock magnifier, goes: it's marked "48" with a space then I believe a "1 F/T" then "Dunhill Made in England" which is also very faint with the "Made in" being completely unreadable. Then it says below that "Patent No. ???418/20". I put in 3 ? marks because I think t are 2 or 3 characters ahead of the 4 that I couldn't get. The guy at the pipe shop I bought it from 10 years ago said it's definitely pre 1950's and he seems knowledgeable about Dunhill dating (I'm not!). It has been well smoked and the rim is a bit wavy due to years of use. No wonder because this smokes like a dream. It has a fantastic old Dunhill sandblast texture that you only find on the really old ones. Light teeth marks on the stem. It's 5 1/4" inches long and 1 1/2" tall and 1 3/8" in bowl diameter. The stem and bowl fit perfectly together. I WILL SEND YOU AS MANY PIPES YOU WIN FOR $8. THAT WAY YOU CAN BID ON SOME OF THE "NO NAMES" IF YOU LIKE THEM... See the Pictures; it's a beautiful pipe! Questions are welcomed. International and combined shipping is available. NOTE: THESE PIPES ARE FROM MY PERSONAL COLLECTION. Check my feedback and bid with confidence!! Oh and, please pay me within 5 days after auction end - thanks! Hi t, I have been educating myself on the dates of Dunhill pipes recently. According to the information I have, this pipe would fall in the range of the year: 1926 - 1934 It looks like this pipe would fall in these years because the stamping lines up with the ones made for the US market during those years. See below under shell dating and see "1341418/20 (U.S.)". I made the text red so you could easily find it. Now that I know the numbers, I double checked the stamping on the pipe and the full stamped patent # is in fact "1341418/20". I don't see any other markings past the "D" in England or past the patent # like this information would suggest. It may take more than a rock magnifier...CHEERS!! A Dunhill Pipe Dating Guide Alfred Dunhill began to manufacture briar smoking pipes in 1910; the famous white spot first appeared on top of the hand-cut vulcanite mouthpiece in 1915 in order that the customer should know which part faced upwards. At about this same time a one year guarantee against defects was offered on the bowl of each pipe, and to insure against far older Dunhill pipes being replaced under this guarantee a simple dating code, showing the year of manufacture, was devised and stamped onto each pipe bowl. This code is still in use today. Over the ensuing years great interest has arisen over the "mystique" of the Dunhill pipe in general and the dating code in particular. Pipe collectors, especially in America, pride themselves on having acquired Dunhill pipes in prime condition which were made in the 1920's, 1930's and 1940's. Some collectors strive to acquire only those Dunhill pipes made between 1920 (when Dunhill stopped buying bowls turned in France in favor of those turned in London at the newly opened Dunhill bowl-turning facility) and 1928 (the year of Alfred Dunhill's retirement). Consequently, much confusion has arisen over the dating code because it has not been standardized over the years, and seemingly minor differences in the code can mean a difference of years, even decades, in the manufacture of the pipe. Adding to this is the fact that the firm has used a great many special stampings depending on what part of the world to which their pipes were destined, and that sometimes these stampings or codes were used for only three or four months duration. Leading to even greater confusion is that many pipes were simply stamped incorrectly; at times one part or another o... read more

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