Museum number:
| APM 15.091 |
Subcollection:
| porcelain pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| breast shield trophy with armory |
Description:
Tobacco pipe made of porcelain with chalice-shaped bowl, round bottom and up going stem ending in a stub. Bowl on both sides in relief a weapon trophy with a chest harness on top of which a helmet with feathers and on both sides three lances with banners, a gun barrel at the base and two drums at the bottom. Painting in multicolour, bowl opening and stem with purple shells, bordered with fine gilded rocailles. |
Date:
| Period | 1750 - 1760 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 1.97 in (5 cm) |
| Width | 1.18 in (3 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 1.18 in (3 cm) |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
| Pipe shape | chalice shape |
| Material | porcelain (ceramic) |
| Technique | slip cast |
| Colour | white |
| Finish | glazuur, meerkleuren |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Continent | Europe |
| Region international | Western Europe |
| Country | Germany |
| Region national | Saxony |
| Town | Meissen |
| Maker | Königlichen Sächsischen Porzellan-Manufaktur |
Acquisition
| Year | 1996 |
| Provenance | Parijs, collectie Bertrand Lazard, 1979-1996 |
| Parijs, veilinghuis Nouveau Drouot, 1979 |
Literature
| D.H. Duco (Don Duco), Van vorstengeschenk tot volksobject; De historie van de porseleinen tabakspijp. Vormen uit Vuur, Mededelingenblad Nederlandse Vrienden van de Ceramiek, /165, 1998. p 34, afb 1. Dit exemplaar. |
Exhibition
| Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, zaal, vitrine 7, v.a. 2001. |
| Amsterdam Pipe Museum, Vroege Meisner pijpenkoppen in het spotlight, 3 maart-4 mei 2025. Verlengd tot 22 juni 2025. |
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