Museum number:
| APM 21.678 |
Subcollection:
| wooden pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| cover with hunter with dog and shot deer |
Description:
Tobacco pipe made of wood with bag-shaped bowl, round bottom and ascending stem ending in a stub. Undecorated. Mounted with a silver valve cover with a seated hunter with a dog next to him on the lenticular valve, a shot deer at his feet, the clamping spring a reclining lion, the air inlet on either side a fish. Stem plate and stem holder in silver, against the plate a standing man with legs spread, arms spread, dressed in eighteenth century costume, maker's mark of cloverleaf with initials "OFH" (FOH) stamped in front. |
Date:
| Period | 1830 - 1850 |
Dimensions:
| General | Height | 4.49 in (11.4 cm) |
| Bowl | Height | 3.35 in (8.5 cm) |
| Width | 2.28 in (5.8 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 4.72 in (12 cm) |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
| Pipe shape | bag shape |
| Material | burl (wood) |
| Technique | turned (on a lathe) |
| Colour | brown |
| Other materials | silver (metal) |
| Oher techniques | forged |
| Other colours | white |
| Finish | gepolijst |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Continent | Europe |
| Region international | Western Europe |
| Country | Germany |
| Mark | klaverblad + OFH (ingeslagen, steelplaat) |
Acquisition
| Year | 2013 |
| Provenance | Hofheim-Diedenbergen, collectie Rainer Immensack, 1999-2013 |
| Nashville, Museum of Tobacco Art & History, 1982-1998 | |
| Letchmore Heath, Trevor Barton sr., <1970-1982 |
Literature
| Ben Rapaport (Benjamin Rapaport), A complete guide to collecting Antique Pipes. Exton, PA, 1979. p 103, foto rechts boven. Dit exemplaar. Bijschrift: A Kalmasch mottled boxwood with silver figural ornamentation of the hunt. |
| Ben Rapaport (Benjamin Rapaport), Museum of Tobacco Art & History Guide Book. Nashville, TN, 1996. p 3.30. Dit exemplaar. Bijschrift: Burl-wood pipe bowl. Europe, c. 1830, 4-1/2"H. x 6-1/2"L. This pipe has a silver-plated wind cap decorated with figures of a hunter, dog and stag. |
| Don Duco, Object van de maand. Amsterdam, 2001. oktober 2013, nr 149. Beknopte bespreking van dit exemplaar. |
Exhibition
| Nashville, Museum of Tobacco Art & History, permanente presentatie, <1990-2000 |
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