*DUNHILL*EXTREMELY RARE LARGE YZ BIRD PIPE STAND AND ASHTRAY BY HENRY HOWELL VALUE R12K

*DUNHILL*EXTREMELY RARE LARGE YZ BIRD PIPE STAND AND ASHTRAY WITH MATCH HOLDER BY HENRY HOWELL -SOLD BY DUNHILL VALUE R12 000.00

MADE FROM EXOTIC WOODS AND CHERRY BAKELITE 

The YZ-branded range of novelties was produced by Henry Howell and Company Ltd and, for a two year period, they were sold by Alfred Dunhill Ltd, well known for their high-quality pipes and lighters. The designs for the YZ products were drawn by Bernard Charles Howell, a highly competent draughtsman and cartoonist.

Since 1832, Henry Howell and Company had manufactured walking sticks and canes and it was their use of exotic woods and, later, of the new plastics being developed in the early 20th century, which gave rise to the idea of the YZ range. The original samples were devised as part of a scheme for using up waste material and they were offered, initially very tentatively, to the trade. They were an immediate success.

Since they were aimed at, primarily, a smokers' market, YZ novelties were largely smokers' products - ashtrays, match holders, pipe holders, pipe racks etc.

NOTE : IN AMAZING CONDITION 

MEASUREMENTS 26 CM X 20 CM & 21.5 CM IN HEIGHT  :( PLEASE ALSO VIEW PICTURES )

SHIPPING OF THIS ITEM, NORMAL SOUTH AFRICAN POST OFFICE SHIPPING WILL BE R65 OR POSTNET TO POSTNET AT R99 ( COURIER OPTION IS ALSO AVAILABLE AR R165 ) 

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