HARCOURT

HARCOURT

Denmark, 1970s

Such was the Dunhill’s responce to the increasing demand and constantly growing interest in freehand pipes in the 1970s. The Harcourt series has been sold through own Dunhill stores and a few of Dunhill’s dealers. The majority of the pipes were made by Preben Holm, during a short period Erik Nording made Harcourts as well.

The pipe marking is “HARCOURT \ HAND CARVED \ IN DENMARK”. The length is 13.3 cm (5.24″), bowl’s height is 6.1 cm (2.4″). External diameter of the bowl is 4.3 cm (1.69″), internal diameter is 2.3 cm (0.9″). The depth is 4.6 cm (1.81″) and this pipe weights 58 gr. Briar, vulcanite stem (with some age related roughness, and a few dents fixed during the restoration – you may note the trace under a bright light) no filter.

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