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Alfred Dunhill Zodiac Collector's Edition (Shell Year of the Pig 2019) (WS030907) 179/288

£550.00
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  • Overall Length: 146mm
  • Overall Height: 47mm
  • Bowl Height: 47mm
  • Bowl Diameter: 37mm
  • Bore: 20mm
  • Weight: 40g
  • Deluxe Presentation Box
  • Leather Pipe Holder
  • Signed Scroll/Certificate of authenticity
  • Limited to 288 pieces worldwide

Dunhill White Spot Chinese Zodiac Collectors Pieces: In Chinese astrology, there are twelve animals representing twelve different types of characters or personalities. The Zodiac animals are, in successive order, the rat (or mouse), ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep (or ram or goat), monkey, rooster, dog, and pig. Thus, it is the rabbit, which is the fourth animal in each twelve-year calendar cycle. Dunhill have commissioned the Zodiac collectors series inspired by the signs of the Zodiac.

Dunhill White Spot Zodiac year of the Pig Cumberland: Specially manufactured to celebrate the 12th year of the 12-year cycle in the Chinese calendar, the limited edition pipes Year of the Pig are the twelfth in a series of pipes that represent the Chinese Zodiac signs. This year’s pipe is a classic Billiard shape in Group 4 (4103) in Cumberland and Shell Briar finishes with a hand-cut marbled Cumberland and Vulcanite tapered mouthpiece that bear the famous White Spot. Each pipe is fitted with a 10mm Sterling Silver band engraved with the zodiac sign of a pig and is supplied with a specially manufactured soft leather case, which is not available otherwise. This edition is nominally limited to only 288 pieces worldwide in the brown Cumberland finish and 288 pieces in the black Shell Briar finish. Since all numbers containing the digit ‘4’ have been excluded (‘4’ stands for death in various Asian countries), there are actually only 232 pipes per finish being manufactured, of which only 231 pieces will be offered for sale. The edition number ‘1’ will be kept in the White Spot archive.

ONE OFF PIPE: This is a one off pipe and the pipe in the picture is the exact pipe you will receive. Please not that colour varies depending on your computer monitor and may not replicate the colour exactly.