Alfred Dunhill – The White Spot The Nutcracker And The Mouse King Shell Briar 4102 2022 Fishtail Pipe 158/300 (DUN823)

It is based on the characters of the children’s book ‘The Nutcracker and the Mouse King’ by German author Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann and the famous ballet ‘The Nutcracker’ by Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. This is pipe 158/300. A little history of Alfred Dunhill: Alfred Dunhill, famous for supplying briar smoking pipes to the most elite clientele in the world since 1904.He had only two principles that would guide the production of Dunhill Pipes:Firstly: pipes would be made of only the finest quality briar, with exacting care by expert craftsmen.Secondly: the pipes would be priced accordingly so that the customer would recognise the value of a product.The Dunhill pipe is made to last a lifetime. The pipe smokes well and continues to do so with age. In 1915, the famous white spot pipe range was introduced when customers had trouble knowing which way to insert the handmade vulcanite mouthpieces, In solution of this Alfred Dunhill ordered white spots to be placed on the upper side…