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. Dunhill have commissioned the Zodiac collectors series inspired by the signs of the Zodiac.
Dunhill White Spot Zodiac year of the Ox County: Specially manufactured to celebrate the 2nd year of the 12-year cycle in the Chinese calendar, the limited edition pipes Year of the Ox are the second in a series of pipes that represent the Chinese Zodiac signs. This year’s pipe is a classic Billiard shape in Group 3 (3203) in County and Shell Briar finishes with a hand-cut marbled Cumberland and Vulcanite saddle mouthpiece that bear the famous White Spot. Saddle mouthpieces are generally more comfortable compared to tapered mouthpieces. Each pipe is fitted with a 10mm Sterling Silver band engraved with the zodiac sign of the ox and is supplied with a specially manufactured ultra-soft Terracotta cow hide leather case, which is not available otherwise. This edition is nominally limited to only 198 pieces worldwide in the brown Cumberland finish and 198 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 160 pipes per finish being manufactured, of which only 159 pieces will be offered for sale. The edition number ‘1’ will be kept in the White Spot archive.