Museum number:
| APM 14.354 |
Subcollection:
| clay pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| bust La Charette |
Description:
Tobacco pipe made of clay with large figural bowl, without heel and rising stem with stub. Bowl bust of François Charette de la Contrie (1763-1796) with large brimmed hat with stored front edge and feather with ribbon, bust with uniform collar with embroidery and épaulettes. Bowl underside vines with bird with spread wings that picks up from a bunch of grapes. Painted enamel eyes and eyebrows. |
Date:
| Period | 1850 - 1880 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 4.25 in (10.8 cm) |
| Width | 2.52 in (6.4 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 1.38 in (3.5 cm) |
| Weight | 208 gram |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
| Pipe shape | figural |
| Material | pipe clay (ceramic) |
| Technique | press moulded |
| Colour | white |
| Finish | email, zwart, wit |
| Traces of use | geen |
Production
| Continent | Europe |
| Region international | Western Europe |
| Country | France |
| Region national | Pas-de-Calais |
| Town | Saint-Omer |
| Maker | Firme L. Fiolet |
| Trade name | la Charette |
| Mark | LF (stempel, steel onderzijde) |
Acquisition
| Year | 1995 |
| Provenance | Gisy-les-Nobles, Daniël Mazaleyrat |
| Parijs, collectie Bertrand Lazard, <1985-1995 |
Literature
| Don Duco, Benedict Goes, De Franse figuurpijp in de negentiende eeuw. Amsterdam, 2010. afb 99. 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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