Museum number:
| APM 13.230 |
Subcollection:
| clay pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| head civilian |
Description:
Tobacco pipe made of clay with figural bowl, without heel and straight stem with flattened end and button end. Bowl head of a man with big moustache, cap with diagonal slant on the head, with both temples combed from below. Stem near bowl knotted tie, the slips of which fall around the stem. Stem left embossed shape number "N143" in pearl frame, stem intaglio "NOEL PARIS". Painted enamel in green, pink, black and white. |
Date:
| Period | 1880 - 1895 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 1.89 in (4.8 cm) |
| Width | 1.3 in (3.3 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 5.31 in (13.5 cm) |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stem pipe |
| Pipe shape | figural |
| Material | pipe clay (ceramic) |
| Technique | press moulded |
| Colour | white |
| Finish | email, vier kleuren |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Continent | Europe |
| Region international | Western Europe |
| Country | France |
| Region national | Ardennes |
| Town | Givet |
| Maker | Gambier |
| Trade number | 143 |
| Trade name | le faubourien |
| Mark | "NOEL PARIS" (intaglio, steel) |
Acquisition
| Year | 1992 |
| Provenance | Brussel, Le Grenier du Collectionneur, Catalogus 75, 1992, nr 204, prijs Bfr. 7.500 (Dfl. 415,-) |
| Brussel, collectie Jean-Léo Rostagni, 1958-1992 | |
| Brussel, particulier bezit, 1958 |
Literature
| Don Duco, The ubiquitos clay pipe. ParisThe Pipe Year Book 2001, /, 2001. p 54. Dit exemplaar. |
Exhibition
| Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, achterkamer, vitrine Frankrijk, v.a. 1999. |
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