PREBEN HOLM made DUNHILL Harcourt C

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. Exactly such pipe is represented at the pipephil “Logos & Markings” web encyclopedia (http://pipephil.eu/logos/en/infos/harcourt1.html) and there’s no doubt that this is a Preben Holm creature: the artisan’s design is recognizable by the characteristic shape of the pipe as well as by the stampings on its shank.

The pipe marking is “C \ HARCOURT \ HAND CARVED \ IN DENMARK”. The length is 14.6 cm (5.75″), bowl’s height is 6.1 cm (2.4″). External dimentions of the bowl are 5.0 x 4.1 cm (1.97 x 1.61″), internal diameter is 2.2 cm (0.87″). The depth is 5.1 cm (2.01″) and this pipe weights 59 gr (box 272). Briar, vulcanite stem, no filter.