Museum number:
| APM 8.463 |
Subcollection:
| clay pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| jockey, horse head |
Description:
Tobacco pipe made of clay with figural bowl, without heel and short up going stem with stub. Bowl horse head with on the neck jockey with cap, full-bodied and strikingly modeled. Stem in the neck of the animal, cuff with knot with ribs. Reins bottom embossed "GISCLON A PARIS 475". |
Date:
| Period | 1855 - 1875 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 3.58 in (9.1 cm) |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
| Pipe shape | figural |
| Material | pipe clay (ceramic) |
| Technique | press moulded |
| Colour | red |
| Traces of use | ongerookt |
Production
| Continent | Europe |
| Region international | Western Europe |
| Country | France |
| Region national | Nord |
| Town | Lille |
| Maker | Gisclon |
| Trade number | 475 |
| Trade name | tête jockey |
| Mark | "GISCLON A PARIS" (reliëf, teugel onderzijde) |
Acquisition
| Year | 1984 |
| Provenance | Hilversum, collectie René Hogguer, 1979-1984 |
| Londen, Antiquarius, Brian Tipping, 1979 |
Literature
| Bert Bolle, Eeuwen opgegaan in rook. Arts en Auto, XXXXVI/22, 1980. p 2151, afb. Dit exemplaar. Bijschrift: Ruiter te paard, firma Gisclon, Frankrijk circa 1880. |
| Benedict Goes, 25 eeuwen roken; De verwonderlijke vormgeving van de pijp. , 1993. p 37, foto. Dit exemplaar. |
| Benedict Goes, The Intriguing Design of Tobacco Pipes. Leiden, 1993. p 37, foto. Dit exemplaar. |
| Don Duco, Benedict Goes, De Franse figuurpijp in de negentiende eeuw. Amsterdam, 2010. afb 222. Dit exemplaar. |
Exhibition
| Leiden, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, vitrine 19de eeuw, oktober 1984 - 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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