Museum number:
| APM 11.749 |
Subcollection:
| clay pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| head woman |
Description:
Tobacco pipe made of clay with figural bowl, without heel and slightly upgoing stem with band-shaped stub. Bowl squat low head of a woman with hair combed back which has two braids on the side. Stem underside ribbon with bow. Painted enamel in pink, blue, black and white. |
Date:
| Period | 1850 - 1880 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 1.38 in (3.5 cm) |
| Width | 1.5 in (3.8 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 0.98 in (2.5 cm) |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
| Pipe shape | figural |
| Material | pipe clay (ceramic) |
| Technique | press moulded |
| Colour | white |
| Finish | email, meerkleuren |
| Traces of use | ongerookt |
Production
| Continent | Europe |
| Region international | Western Europe |
| Country | France |
| Region national | Pas-de-Calais |
| Town | Saint-Omer |
| Maker | Firme L. Fiolet |
| Trade number | 645? |
| Mark | LF (reliëf, steel links) |
Acquisition
| Year | 1990 |
| Provenance | Londen, veilinghuis Phillips, 1990, lot 144 |
| Bramber, collectie Anthony Irving, House of Pipes, <1970-1989 |
Literature
| Benedict Goes, 25 eeuwen roken; De verwonderlijke vormgeving van de pijp. , 1993. p 6, groepsfoto. Dit exemplaar. |
| Benedict Goes, The Intriguing Design of Tobacco Pipes. Leiden, 1993. p 6, groepsfoto. Dit exemplaar. |
| Ruud van der Neut, Toeback & toebehoren. Baarn, 2001. foto. Dit exemplaar. |
| Don Duco, Benedict Goes, De Franse figuurpijp in de negentiende eeuw. Amsterdam, 2010. afb 21. Dit exemplaar. |
Exhibition
| Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, achterkamer, vitrine Frankrijk, v.a. 1999. |
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