Museum number:
| APM 15.675 |
Subcollection:
| wooden pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| screaming German soldier |
Description:
Tobacco pipe made of briar with figural bowl, without heel and ascending flattened stem with caoutchouc mouth piece. Bowl inverted the head of a screaming German soldier, the open mouth is the bowl opening, a moustache along the bowl rim, the helmet with comb and upright plume forms the bowl base, eyes of glass paste. |
Date:
| Period | 1900 - 1920 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 3.19 in (8.1 cm) |
| Width | 1.77 in (4.5 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 2.76 in (7 cm) |
| Length total | 5.12 in (13 cm) |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stem pipe |
| Pipe shape | figural |
| Material | briar (wood) |
| Technique | carved |
| Colour | brown |
| Other materials | hardrubber (synthetic material), glass paste (inorganic material) |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Continent | Europe |
| Region international | Western Europe |
| Country | France |
| Region national | Jura |
| Town | Saint-Claude (?) |
Acquisition
| Year | 1999 |
| Provenance | Hertsberge, collectie Hugo Perquy, 1982-1999 |
| Amsterdam, Spiegelstraat, 1982, prijs Dfl. 450,- |
Exhibition
| Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, voorkamer, kabinetkast, 1999-2013. |
| Amsterdam, Amsterdam Pipe Museum, permanente presentatie, voorkamer, kabinetkast, v.a. 2013. |
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