Museum number:
| APM 15.109b |
Subcollection:
| porcelain pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| seated guitar player |
Description:
Tobacco pipe made of porcelain with figural bowl, flat bottom and rising stem with stub. Bowl a sitting man on a tree trunk with guitar, the head is the lid of the pipe. Lid ring missing. Painted in natural colours with a green jacket, a yellow and brown tree trunk. |
Date:
| Period | 1830 - 1880 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 3.62 in (9.2 cm) |
| Width | 1.65 in (4.2 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 1.57 in (4 cm) |
| Weight | 78 gram |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
| Pipe shape | figural |
| Material | porcelain (ceramic) |
| Technique | slip cast |
| Colour | white |
| Finish | glazuur, meerkleuren |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Continent | Europe |
| Region international | Western Europe |
| Country | Germany |
Acquisition
| Year | 2005 |
| Provenance | Brussel, antiekwinkel Groot Zavel |
| Brussel, antiekhandel, c. 2000 |
Comments
| Dekseltje met een kurkje waarin een spelt vastgezet. |
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