Museum number:
| APM 16.074 |
Subcollection:
| porcelain pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| "AMOR", flower painting |
Description:
Tobacco pipe of porcelain with vase-shaped bowl with slightly protruding bowl opening and weighted bowl base, round underside and rising stem with stub. Bowl bottom underside in light relief. Painting in multicolour on the upper half between two concentric bands in orange with black standing stripes and a lying oval with a frame in which a shield with "AMOR". Bowl bottom painting of vertical garlands of a twig with a rose. Stem gold leaf. Original mounting with gilded bronze flap cover with embossed oval on top with portrait of a Greek man with beard and cuff ring with locking ring. |
Date:
| Period | 1820 - 1830 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 3.07 in (7.8 cm) |
| Width | 1.54 in (3.9 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 1.57 in (4 cm) |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
| Pipe shape | vase shape |
| Material | porcelain (ceramic) |
| Technique | slip cast |
| Colour | white |
| Other materials | gilt bronze (metal) |
| Finish | glazuur, meerkleuren |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Continent | Europe |
| Region international | Western Europe |
| Country | Germany |
| Region national | Bavaria |
| Town | Elbogen |
| Maker | Manufaktur Elbogen |
Acquisition
| Year | 2000 |
| Provenance | Heidelberg, veilinghuis Metz, lot 23 |
| Bazel, collectie Haegeli, <1980-2000 |
Literature
| Walter Morgenroth, Rund um den Tabak; Sammlung Haegeli, Schweiz 1898-1998. Heidelberg, 2000. p 48, lot 23. Dit exemplaar. |
Exhibition
| Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, zaal, vitrine 7, v.a. 2001. |
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