Museum number:
| APM 13.605b |
Subcollection:
| clay pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| bird's head with long beak |
Description:
| Tabakspijp van klei met figurale ketel, zonder hiel en rechte steel met knoop. Ketel onderste boven kop van een vogel, snavel op de steel en halverwege met een gladde band afgesloten. Glazuur in bruingeel, de ogen met een pupil in zwart op geel. Steel intaglio "L. FIOLET ST. OMER FRANCE". |
Date:
| Period | 1870 - 1890 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 1.38 in (3.5 cm) |
| Width | 1.02 in (2.6 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 4.33 in (11 cm) |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stem pipe |
| Pipe shape | figural |
| Material | pipe clay (ceramic) |
| Technique | press moulded |
| Colour | white |
| Finish | loodglazuur, meerkleuren |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Continent | Europe |
| Region international | Western Europe |
| Country | France |
| Region national | Pas-de-Calais |
| Town | Saint-Omer |
| Maker | Firme L. Fiolet |
| Mark | "FIOLET ST. OMER FRANCE" (intaglio, steel) |
Acquisition
| Year | 2002 |
| Provenance | Bristol, The Bristol Auction Rooms |
| Bristol, W.D. & H.O. Wills pipe collection, <1920-2002 |
Exhibition
| Presentatie W.D. & H.O. Wills Hartcliffe Factory, Bristol, 1974-1990. |
| Arnhem, Openluchtmuseum, pijpencollectie in paviljoen Sparenburg, september 2004 - januari 2015. |
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