Museum number:
| APM 15.105 |
Subcollection:
| porcelain pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| bust general Moltke |
Description:
Tobacco pipe made of porcelain with figural bowl, without heel and rising stem with thin stub. Bowl bust of general Moltke with flat cap with red belt, bust with military uniform with cross in the centre. Bowl bottom three stylized leaves on which intaglio stamped with "31" and "GESETZLICH GESCHUTZT". Biscuit porcelain or parian ware with multi-coloured painting in which black and red dominate. Bowl internally transparent glaze. |
Date:
| Period | 1860 - 1890 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 3.54 in (9 cm) |
| Width | 2.01 in (5.1 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 2.56 in (6.5 cm) |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
| Pipe shape | figural |
| Material | porcelain, parian ware (ceramic) |
| Technique | slip cast |
| Colour | white |
| Finish | glazuur, meerkleuren |
| Traces of use | ongerookt |
Production
| Continent | Europe |
| Region international | Western Europe |
| Country | Germany |
| Trade number | 31 |
| Mark | "GESETZLICH GESCHUTZT" (intaglio, steel onderzijde) |
Acquisition
| Year | 1996 |
| Provenance | Parijs, collectie Bertrand Lazard, 1985-1996 |
| Londen, Antiquarius, Brian Tipping, 1985 |
Exhibition
| Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, zaal, vitrine 7, v.a. 2001. |
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