Museum number:
| APM 2.885 |
Subcollection:
| porcelain pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| pipe smoking man |
Description:
| Tobacco pipe made of porcelain with constricted cylinder bowl, flat bottom without heel and short up going stem widening in a disc-shaped stub continuing with a narrowed stem end with porcelain locking ring. Bowl in gold leaf between rounded broad lines along the top and bottom of the bowl on a hillock to the left turned pipe smoker with toothed hat, behind him a gnarled tree stump with short branches. Stem and cuff completely gilded. |
Date:
| Period | 1825 - 1835 |
Dimensions:
| General | Height | 3.07 in (7.8 cm) |
| Bowl | Width | 1.54 in (3.9 cm) |
| Stem | Length | 2.17 in (5.5 cm) |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
| Pipe shape | constricted |
| Material | porcelain (ceramic) |
| Technique | thrown (potters' wheel), slip cast |
| Colour | white |
| Finish | glazuur, transparant, vuurverguld |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Continent | Europe |
| Region international | Western Europe |
| Country | Germany |
Acquisition
| Year | 2015 |
Comments
| Opmerkelijk bij dit pijpontwerp is de overname van de metalen manchetplaat en steelhouder inclusief borgoog die hier geheel in porselein zijn uitgevoerd. |
Literature
| Don Duco, Object van de maand. Amsterdam, 2001. oktober 2015, nr 173. Beknopte bespreking van dit exemplaar. |
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