Old Dunhill Shell manufacture date

[craig61a]

I picked up an old Dunhill Shell, and while I have looked online to try and figure out the manufacture date, I'm unsure.
From left to right:
35/1 DUNHILL SHELL MADE IN ENGLAND 6

PATENT 119 417574/34
So, the 34 at the end of the patent means it could not have been made before 1934. The 6 with an underscore has some significance, but what to base that off? 35? I'm thinking this was made sometime in the 1940's, but I don't know, and I'm curious to find out.
Hopefully someone here who is more knowledgeable can let me know.

 

[fishnbanjo]

Pretty sure it's 1946 but you can check R. D. Field's article http://www.rdfield.com/Articles/A%20Dunhill%20Pipe%20Dating.htm

banjo

 

[craig61a]

The more I look at it, the "119" after "PATENT" might be "No"...

 

[craig61a]

OK, yeah. I guess it would be 1946.

 

[ashdigger]

Yep, it's a 1946

 

[dmcmtk]

1946. The 35 is the shape number, the 1 refers to the inner tube it would use. Relatively scarce pipes from the WWII years and immediately afterwards, nice find!

 

[dunstanhillwell62]

I'll chime in. Definitely a 1946. In 1951, IIRC, they began to stamp "Dunhill shell briar" instead of just "Dunhill shell" and they abandoned stamping of the pat. no. 417574/34 in 1954.