Museum number:
| APM 8.816 |
Subcollection:
| clay pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| skull, glass eyes |
Description:
| Tabakspijp van klei met figurale ketel, zonder hiel en oplopende steel met manchet. Ketel mensenschedel. Later ingeplakte rode glazen ogen. |
Date:
| Period | 1860 - 1890 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 1.57 in (4 cm) |
| Width | 1.3 in (3.3 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 | black-baked |
| Other materials | glass (inorganic material) |
| Traces of use | ongerookt |
Production
| Continent | Europe |
| Region international | Western Europe |
| Country | The Netherlands |
| Region national | South Holland |
| Town | Gouda |
| Maker | Firma F.S. Sparnaay & Zoon |
| Mark | molen (stempel, ketel onderzijde) |
Acquisition
| Year | 1985 |
| Provenance | Maarssenbroek, Leen van den Berg |
| Haarlem, Dick van Eskert, 1983-1985 | |
| Haarlem, J. van Eskert, 1977-1983 | |
| Nijmegen, collectie Kerssemakers, <1955-1977 |
Literature
| D.H. Duco (Don Duco), De Nederlandse kleipijp, handboek voor dateren en determineren. Leiden, 1987. p 131, afb 56. Dit exemplaar. |
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