Museum number:
| APM 14.161 |
Subcollection:
| clay pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| soldier with helmet and long saber |
Description:
Tobacco pipe made of clay with figural bowl, without heel and straight figural stem. Bowl head of a man with mustache and goatee, a German helmet with flap over the eyes. Stem overall embossed the body of the person with giant saber. Stem top embossed shape number "1199". Stem intaglio "GAMBIER A PARIS M * M". Painted enamel in yellow, pink, black and white. |
Date:
| Period | 1870 - 1890 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 1.61 in (4.1 cm) |
| Width | 1.22 in (3.1 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 5.12 in (13 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 | 1199 |
| Trade name | fantaisie étudiant allemand |
| Mark | "GAMBIER A PARIS M*M" (intaglio, steel) |
Acquisition
| Year | 1995 |
| Provenance | Luik, veilinghuis Michel Lhomme, lot 87 |
| Luik, collectie André Joiris, 1979-1994 | |
| Brussel, Jean-Léo Rostagni, 1958-1979 |
Literature
| Don Duco, Benedict Goes, De Franse figuurpijp in de negentiende eeuw. Amsterdam, 2010. afb 191. Dit exemplaar. |
Exhibition
| Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, tentoonstelling "Toppers, twee jaar aanwinsten Pijpenkabinet", voorjaar-zomer 1996. |
| Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, achterkamer, vitrine Frankrijk, v.a. 1999. |
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