Museum number:
| APM 15.144 |
Subcollection:
| ceramic pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| four faces, braided stem |
Description:
Tobacco pipe made of earthenware with curved bowl shape, spur and braided stem with smooth stem end. Bowl around embossed four faces, each sharing an eye under a simple vertical ribbed hat. Stem braided with four extruding curls. Painting with tamponated yellow and cobalt blue spots, bowl opening and stem end blue, covered with a blue-tinted lead glaze. |
Date:
| Period | 1800 - 1850 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 1.57 in (4 cm) |
| Width | 1.14 in (2.9 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 11.61 in (29.5 cm) |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stem pipe |
| Pipe shape | trunk shape |
| Material | pottery (ceramic) |
| Technique | hand-formed |
| Colour | yellowish white |
| Finish | glazuur, meerkleuren |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Continent | Europe |
| Region international | Western Europe |
| Country | England |
| Region national | Staffordshire |
| Town | Stafford |
Acquisition
| Year | 1996 |
| Provenance | Parijs, collectie Bertrand Lazard, 1982-1996 |
| Parijs, Denise Corbier, 1982 |
Literature
| Peter J. Davey, The 'English' pipes in the Rothschild collection: typology, chronology and provenance. LiverpoolJournal of the Académie Internationale de la PIpe, /9, 2016. p 64, fig 18, afb 3 en 3a. Dit exemplaar. |
Exhibition
| Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, zaal, vitrine 8, v.a. 2001. |
If you have any comments, suggestions or additions, click here to send us an email