Here we have the Alfred Dunhill Christmas Pipe of 2018

The Nut Cracker and the Mouse King

The Seven Headed Mouse King

Year 8 

2018

Arguably the worlds best pipes and definitely the most desirable. Pipes don't get better than Alfred Dunhill's White Spot. Created from the best raw materials available and finished to the highest quality, you can be assured to find no flaws in these pipes they really are perfection. The Alfred Dunhill started in 1912 and with exceptional craftsmanship and quality products soon became the best in the world and to this day nothing changes.

This pipe is No. 22 of 300

The pipes is beautifully presented in a book case box and comes with a matching solid silver tamper

This Christmas pipe continues the 12-year theme‘The Nutcracker and the Mouse King’, which began in 2011 and will end in 2022. 

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 being the 8^thpipe in the series, it depicts the Seven-headed Mouse King, a central character in the story.

The pipe is an elegant group 4 Canadianpipe (4109)in Cumberland finish with smooth, flat rim. It features a hallmarked 15mm Sterling Silver band engraved with 2018.

The impressive pipe tamper is 60 mm long and crafted from solid Sterling Silver. It depicts in great detail the seven-headed Mouse King.

The highly collectable White Spot Christmas pipes and tampers are presented in a leather-bound book held in attractive blue & red colours with gold embossing to represent the uniform of the Nutcracker. Each set is accompanied by its numbered limited edition certificate.

This edition series is strictly limited to annually only300 pipesworldwide. 

 FEATURES                            BENEFITS

Subject ‘The Nutcracker’         Popular children’s story by German author E.T.A. Hoffmann

                                                Famous & prolific ballet by Russian composer P.I. Tchaikovsky.

Shape                                       Canadian (4109).

Cumberland finish                   - Brown sandblast finish 

- sandblasted pipe invented & patented by Alfred Dunhill in 1917

Size                                          Gr. 4 – medium to large size

Mouthpiece                              Taper mouthpiece, individually cut, shaped, finished 

                                                and fitted from marbled Cumberlandrod.

Sterling Silver band                 - Sterling Silver (= 92.5% pure Silver)

                                                - 15mm wide

                                                - Engraved with 2018.

Tamper                                                - depicts in great detail the seven-headed Mouse King

- crafted from finest Sterling Silver

                                                - height 60 mm

                                                - weight approximately 54 grams

Book case                                Prestigious leather-bound presentation in blue & red inspired

                                                by Nutcracker uniform.

Limited Edition                                    Exclusive & collectable. Each pipe is one of only 300 worldwide.

Certificate                                Individually numbered between 1-300.