Museum number:
| APM 16.070 |
Subcollection:
| porcelain pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| head man with wig |
Description:
| Tobacco pipe made of porcelain with figural bowl, without heel and straight stem with inconspicuous stub. Bowl head of a man with wig with hair combed back. Stem transition border with black scarf with bow under the chin. Bowl interior of pipe clay. |
Date:
| Period | 1760 - 1770 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 1.77 in (4.5 cm) |
| Width | 1.54 in (3.9 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 1.18 in (3 cm) |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
| Pipe shape | figural |
| Material | porcelain (ceramic) |
| Technique | pressed |
| Colour | white |
| Finish | glazuur, meerkleuren |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Continent | Europe |
| Region international | Western Europe |
| Country | Germany |
| Region national | Bavaria |
| Town | Ansbach |
Acquisition
| Year | 2000 |
| Provenance | Heidelberg, veilinghuis Metz, lot 27 |
| Bazel, collectie Haegeli, <1970-2000 |
Comments
| Door de schilder is de staart van de pruik abusievelijk zwart geschilderd. |
Literature
| Walter Morgenroth, Rund um den Tabak; Sammlung Haegeli, Schweiz 1898-1998. Heidelberg, 2000. p 50, lot 27. Dit exemplaar. |
Exhibition
| Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, zaal, vitrine 7, v.a. 2001. |
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