After inheriting his father’s saddlery and harness-making business in 1893, Alfred Dunhill quickly began catering to a new niche market, producing a range of accessories to enhance the satisfying novelty of driving. The company was known by the slogan, ‘Everything but the motor’. Shortly thereafter, Dunhill opened clothing stores and tobacconists in London. Then it expanded across the globe, continuing to make eclectic luxury men’s goods to this day.

Now, the house is releasing The Alfred Dunhill Case of Delights. Limited to 10 pieces, this is an elegant attaché case containing a range of fascinating objects, all of which pay homage to Dunhill’s rich heritage of craftsmanship, sophistication and innovation.

An icon of British craftsmanship, Dunhill’s lighters have featured in several movies in the James Bond franchise. Sean Connery brandished a Dunhill in the very first scene of Dr. No (1962), and Bond would also be given a Dunhill Unique lighter in A View to a Kill (1989). Launched decades before the film, this was the first lighter designed to be used with just one hand.

Many pieces in the Case of Delights offer a smoking experience similar to that which 007 evidently enjoyed, and nod to the brand having long been synonymous with the best the world of tobacco has to offer. At the beginning of the 20^th century, Dunhill bought pipes from suppliers. But it soon opened a workshop to pioneer better-quality alternatives, which it began marking with the signature White Spot dot in 1912.

Exclusive to the Case of Delights are three unique White Spot smoking instruments which recall this heritage: a steel cigar cutter, a timeless pipe tamper and a black shell briar pipe. These were all made in the dedicated White Spot workshop in Walthamstow by Dunhill’s expert artisans.

Dunhill’s Rollagas Lighter was the world’s first luxury butane gas lighter, a black galvanised variation of which is included in the attaché, too. Designed in London and made in Switzerland by specialist makers, the Black Rollagas Barley Lighter comes in a rare colourway and is embossed with an understated barley pattern.

Like the historic White Spot, the stamp of Matteo Cellini is also inscribed on many pieces in the collection, as his renowned craftsmanship has made its mark on the brand. “Bando”, as he was known, specialised in making gold and silver accessories for Dunhill in the 1930s, and his signature has appeared on certain products for over a century. The refined, multipurpose ashtray with a subtle perforation for burning incense is just one example bearing his distinctive signature. And the Case of Delights recalls his skill, not least in the involvement of those expert Italian craftsmen who made and galvanised the attaché’s metal hardware and locks, as well as those metallic elements on the White Spot Cigar Cutter.

The attaché case itself has been handcrafted in London from smooth black English bridle leather that evokes the brand’s harness-making origins, as well as the leather goods for which it has always been renowned.

In keeping with the understated elegance with which Dunhill is associated, it conveys the brand’s penchant for combining luxury with a sense of the personal. From handmade smoked grey mineral shot glasses to a sleek, sterling silver-plated hip flask, the attaché discreetly conceals these sophisticated objects, made less for ostentatious display than for enjoyment on their own merit – putting the taste into tasteful.

Limited to 10 pieces, the “Alfred Dunhill” Case of Delights is now available for £25,900. See more at dunhill.com/the-case-of-delights