This Christmas pipe starts a new 12-year theme ‘The Nutcracker and the Mouse King’, beginning in 2011 and ending in 2023. It is based 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 1st pipe in the series, it depicts one of the main characters of the story, THE NUTCRACKER.
The pipe is a very elegant group 4 Dublin in Cumberland finish with slightly forward leaning bowl with bevelled, polished rim. It features a wide Sterling Silver band intricately engraved with scrollwork and the image of the Nutcracker. The solid Nutcracker pipe tamper has substantially increased in weight and is hand-crafted from 50 grams of finest English Sterling Silver.
Being a new series, the design of the traditional Christmas book packaging has been reworked and upgraded. 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 only 300 pipes worldwide.
IMPORTANT
Being a new series, market allocations start fresh to allow new markets to gain better access to this series. Please note that the allocations in year 1 (both in quantity of pipes and edition numbers) will determine and fix the allocation for the eleven (11) following years.
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.
Dublin shape Elegant execution of popular British shape: forward leaning head, tapered stem, and bevelled & polished rim.
Cumberland finish - Dark-brown sandblasted finish - Alfred Dunhill invented the sandblasted pipe in 1917 - Sandblasting the pipe substantially enlarges its surface; thus, the pipe becomes lighter and smokes cooler than a smooth pipe and is more robust
Cumberland mouthpiece Traditional taper mouthpiece individually cut, shaped, finished and fitted from marbled, rough rod Cumberland.
Size Gr. 4 – medium to large size
Sterling Silver band - Sterling Silver – 92.5% pure Silver - Engraved with “The Nutcracker”and intricate scroll work.
Tamper The Nutcracker – delicately handcrafted from approximately 50 grams of finest Sterling Silver
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.
