Museum number:
| APM 19.920 |
Subcollection:
| smokers' utensils |
Title:
| pipe stopper |
Keyword:
| leg to which shoe with heel |
Description:
Pipe stopper made of porcelain in the shape of a ladies' leg with a shoe with a heel, painted in multicolour with triangular ornaments under the ankle, a fly on the thigh and a garter with a bow underneath the top, the surface of the stopper painted with a quarter flower bud and leafwork . |
Date:
| Period | 1760 - 1790 |
Dimensions:
| General | Length | 3.27 in (8.3 cm) |
| Diameter | 0.87 in (2.2 cm) |
Characteristics
| Material | porcelain (ceramic) |
| Technique | slip cast |
| Colour | white |
| Finish | glazuur, meerkleuren |
| Traces of use | geen |
Production
| Continent | Europe |
| Region international | Western Europe |
| Country | Germany |
| Region national | Saxony |
| Town | Meissen (?) |
Acquisition
| Year | 2009 |
| Provenance | Thiers, veilinghuis Piasa, lot 597 |
| Parijs, collectie Musée de la Seita, 1947-2009, coll. nr 90 | |
| Parijs, M. Hilbert, koop 06-05-1947 |
Literature
| Pierre Faveton, Autour du tabac: tabatières, pipes, cigares, allumettes et briquets. Paris, 1988. p 43. Dit exemplaar. Bijschrift: Bourre-pipe en porcelaine polychrome en forme de jambe. France, XVIIIe siècle. |
| Marie-Claire Adès, Catalogue Musée-Galerie de la SEITA; histoire du tabac et de ses usages. Paris, 1992. p 42, nr G23. Bijschrift: Bourre-pipe en porcelaine de Saxe polychromée. Représentant une jambe de femme. Allemagne, XVIIIe siècle. L. 8 cm. Musée de la Seita 90. |
| Julie Valck, La pipe. Paris, 1988. p 126. Dit exemplaar (in groepje). Bijschrift: Bourre-pipe en porcelaine polychromée en forme de jambe. France, XVIIIe siècle. |
Exhibition
| Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, zaal, vitrine 6, v.a. 2009. |
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