Museum number:
| APM 11.145 |
Subcollection:
| excavated pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| flute ship |
Description:
Tobacco pipe made of clay with figural bowl, the stem incorporated in the bowl. Bowl the shape of a seventeenth century flute ship with the tobacco bowl in the middle deck and a hole for the stem in the mirror, the surface completely covered with prints of the heel stamp with a standing lion, on the upper side of the back deck two intersecting millings. Traces of multi-coloured painting with dark green as main colour. |
Date:
| Period | 1625 - 1640 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 1.61 in (4.1 cm) |
| Width | 3.23 in (8.2 cm) |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
| Pipe shape | figural |
| Material | pipe clay (ceramic) |
| Technique | hand-formed |
| Colour | white |
| Finish | verf, groen |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Continent | Europe |
| Region international | Western Europe |
| Country | The Netherlands |
| Region national | North Holland |
| Town | Hoorn (?) |
| Mark | klimmende leeuw in ovaal (stempel, ketel) |
Acquisition
| Year | 1989 |
| Provenance | Volendam, collectie Fred Tymstra, 1977-1989 |
| Excavation site | Bovenkarspel, akkervondst, 1966 |
Comments
| In augustus 1976 geeft Georg Brongers aan het Westfries Museum in Hoorn zijn expertise over dit voorwerp. Zie ook: brief dd. 09-06-1977. |
Literature
| F. Tymstra (Fred Tymstra), Enkhuizen en Hoorn. Leiden, 1988. p 49, afb 25abc. Dit exemplaar. |
| Benedict Goes, 25 eeuwen roken; De verwonderlijke vormgeving van de pijp. , 1993. p 22, foto. Dit exemplaar. |
| Benedict Goes, The Intriguing Design of Tobacco Pipes. Leiden, 1993. p 22, foto. Dit exemplaar. |
| Don Duco, Twee vroege tabakspijpen in de vorm van een schip. Amsterdam, 2009. afb 2a-i. Dit exemplaar. |
| Don Duco, aaaDe Nederlandse kleipijp, handboek voor het determineren. Amsterdam, 2025. hfst 6, p , afb 300. Dit exemplaar. |
Exhibition
| Leiden, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, vitrine bodemvondsten, juli 1989 - 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 bodemvondsten, v.a. 2001. |
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