Museum number:
| APM 12.267 |
Subcollection:
| clay pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| bust punch with stitch |
Description:
Tobacco pipe made of clay with figural bowl, without heel and rising stem with stub. Bowl bust of Jan Klaasen with a hunch back, a stick in the arms, a twofold stitch across the head. Bowl underside stylized leaf motif. Stem left embossed shape number "668", stem right embossed "GAMBIER A PARIS". Painted enamel in turquoise, pink, brown and white. |
Date:
| Period | 1880 - 1900 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 3.86 in (9.8 cm) |
| Width | 1.93 in (4.9 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 1.97 in (5 cm) |
| Weight | 115 gram |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
| Pipe shape | figural |
| Material | pipe clay (ceramic) |
| Technique | press moulded |
| Colour | white |
| Finish | email, vier kleuren |
| Traces of use | ongerookt |
Production
| Continent | Europe |
| Region international | Western Europe |
| Country | France |
| Region national | Ardennes |
| Town | Givet |
| Maker | Gambier |
| Trade number | 668 |
| Trade name | Polichinelle, tête |
| Mark | "GAMBIER A PARIS" (reliëf, steel rechts) |
Acquisition
| Year | 1991 |
| Provenance | Parijs, Denise Corbier, antiquaire |
| Frankrijk, onbekende verzameling, 1991 |
Literature
| Benedict Goes, 25 eeuwen roken; De verwonderlijke vormgeving van de pijp. , 1993. p 36, foto. Dit exemplaar. |
| Benedict Goes, The Intriguing Design of Tobacco Pipes. Leiden, 1993. p 36, foto. Dit exemplaar. |
| Yvonne van Osch, Geen dag zonder pijp, Pijpenkabinet bewaakt geschiedenis van 25 eeuwen rookcultuur. StadskanaalAntiek & Verzamelkrant, 22/220, 2006. p 6. Dit exemplaar. |
| Don Duco, Benedict Goes, De Franse figuurpijp in de negentiende eeuw. Amsterdam, 2010. afb 147. Dit exemplaar. |
Exhibition
| Leiden, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, vitrine 19de eeuw, april 1991 - 31 december 1993. |
| Wenen, Österreichisches Tabakmuseum, tentoonstelling "Die 2000 Jährige Geschichte der Tonpfeifen", 23 juni 1994 - 10 september 1994. |
| Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, achterkamer, vitrine Frankrijk, v.a. 1999. |
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