Museum number:
| APM 16.574 |
Subcollection:
| ceramic pipes |
Title:
| cigar pipe |
Keyword:
| bust Michelangelo |
Description:
| Sigarenhouder van porselein met figurale ketel, zonder hiel en korte rechte steel. Ketel de roker aankijkend borstbeeld van Michelangelo met lange baard. Messing steelmontage met vernauwde steelhouder en borgoog. |
Date:
| Period | 1850 - 1880 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 1.34 in (3.4 cm) |
| Width | 0.75 in (1.9 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 0.39 in (1 cm) |
| Weight | 10.5 gram |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
| Pipe shape | figural |
| Material | porcelain (ceramic) |
| Technique | slip cast |
| Colour | greyish white |
| Other materials | brass (metal) |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Continent | Europe |
| Region international | Western Europe |
| Country | Germany |
| Region national | Thuringia (?) |
Acquisition
| Year | 2002 |
| Provenance | Bristol, The Bristol Auction Rooms, lot 574 |
| Bristol, W.D. & H.O. Wills pipe collection, <1920-2002 |
Comments
| Of is dit een Griekse filosoof ? |
Literature
| Don Duco, Rondom siderolith, tussen fijnaardewerk en protoporselein. Amsterdam, 2018. afb 64. Dit exemplaar. |
Exhibition
| Presentatie W.D. & H.O. Wills Hartcliffe Factory, Bristol, 1974-1990. |
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