Museum number:
| APM 20.577 |
Subcollection:
| porcelain pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| oval with portrait of Tsar Nicholas I |
Description:
| Tobacco pipe in porcelain with chibuk shape bowl with conical bowl placed on a flat decagon saucer, flat bottom with slightly pointed flattened rat tail, slightly upward short hexagonal stem widening towards stub. Bowl front in standing oval multicoloured painted bust of Tsar Nicholas I dressed in a military uniform with sash and decoration, the bowl and dish plain orange with geometric pattern of gold leaf heightened with red shadow edges. |
Date:
| Period | 1825 - 1845 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 2.17 in (5.5 cm) |
| Width | 1.57 in (4 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 2.76 in (7 cm) |
| Weight | 105 gram |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
| Pipe shape | chibuk |
| Material | porcelain (ceramic) |
| Technique | thrown (potters' wheel), slip glued |
| Colour | white |
| Finish | glazuur, meerkleuren |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Continent | Europe |
| Region international | Western Europe |
| Country | Germany |
| Region national | Saxony |
| Town | Meissen (?) |
Acquisition
| Year | 2011 |
| Provenance | Groningen, Niemeyer Tabaksmuseum, 1974-2011, nr 427 |
| 's-Gravenhage, antiekhandel, 1974 |
Comments
| Aantekeningen Brongers, c. 1980. Pijpekop, polychroom porselein qua model geïnspireerd op het tsjibouque-type met op de staande kop het portret van (waarschijnlijk) Ludwig I von Bayern (1825-1848). Verzekeringswaarde Dfl. 2000,-. |
Literature
| Don Duco, Object van de maand. Amsterdam, 2001. augustus 2011, nr 123. Beknopte bespreking van dit exemplaar. |
Exhibition
| Groningen, Niemeyer Tabaksmuseum, 1978-2010, verdieping. |
| Wilhelmshaven, Wilhelmshavener Küstenmuseum, tentoonstelling "Schöne alte Porzellanpfeifen - 1750 bis 1900", 28 augustus 1982 - 12 september 1982. |
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