Museum number:
| APM 14.040 |
Subcollection:
| clay pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| head musketeer |
Description:
Tobacco pipe made of clay with figural bowl, without heel and up going stem with stub. Bowl bust of a musketeer with moustache and goatee, medium length hair and hat with wide rim and feather on the front, the bust a square collar and mantle pleats. Stem underside serrated ornament. Painted enamel in pink, yellow, blue, white and black. |
Date:
| Period | 1855 - 1885 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 2.87 in (7.3 cm) |
| Width | 1.46 in (3.7 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 1.38 in (3.5 cm) |
| Weight | 83 gram |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
| Pipe shape | figural |
| Material | pipe clay (ceramic) |
| Technique | press moulded |
| Colour | white |
| Finish | email, meerkleuren |
| Traces of use | ongerookt |
Production
| Continent | Europe |
| Region international | Western Europe |
| Country | France |
| Region national | Pas-de-Calais |
| Town | Saint-Omer |
| Maker | Firme L. Fiolet |
Acquisition
| Year | 1994 |
| Provenance | Gisy-les-Nobles, collectie Daniel Mazaleyrat, 1987-1994 |
| Parijs, antiekhandel, 1987 |
Comments
| Mogelijk het borstbeeld van de Franse koning Lodewijk XIII. Een variant met wapentuig op de onderzijde van de ketel is gemaakt door Louis Fiolet. |
Exhibition
| Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, achterkamer, vitrine Frankrijk, v.a. 1999. |
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