ENGLISH ESTATE PIPE: DUNHILL 52 HU BRUYERE 1976

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DUNHILL Bruyere 52 HU 8301 SHS JSC [275] 90 Big Dunhill Bruyere 52 HU "Hungarian" (or Oom Paul) This shape is very true to the form of pipes smoked in Northern European countries in the Nineteenth and into the Twentieth Centuries. The specimen , in the ruby Bruyere finish, is quite as large as an ODA. It is nicely grained and, like all pipes from the Skellchock collection (see below), immaculately smoked and maintained. T is not a single mark anyw on the briar or the rim, and the stem is glossy and black and without toothmarks. Original Dunhill presentation box included (with Bruyere end label hand inscribed 52 HU) Dunhill red silk sleeve, warranty and 2 brochures enclosed Nomenclature Obverse 52 HU DUNHILL BRUYERE Reverse MADE IN ENGLAND 16 Mouthpiece Original vulcanite Inset White Spot logo Dimensions GROUP 6 PIPE length 6 1/4 " PIPE weight 2.5 oz. / 73 g BOWL height 2 3/16 " diameter 1 9/16 " CHAMBERdepth 2 1/16 " diameter 13/16 " The JOHN SKELLCHOCK COLLECTION This pipe is part of the large collection purchased from the estate of John Skellchock. A California collector of primarily oversized English high-grades, he acquired his pipes in the 1960s and '70s and was known to smoke and maintain them meticulously. Almost every briar is still like new, with no surface wear, no toothmarks, a glossy stem and a crisp, clean read more