Museum number:
| APM 21.504 |
Subcollection:
| clay pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| head negress |
Description:
Clay tobacco pipe with figural bowl, round bottom without heel and ascending stem with stub. Bowl head of a negro woman with stylized facial features, frizzy hair and large ears, narrow collar to stem transition. Painting enamel in black and white on eyes, eyebrows and teeth. |
Date:
| Period | 1835 - 1850 |
Dimensions:
| General | Height | 2.13 in (5.4 cm) |
| Bowl | Height | 2.09 in (5.3 cm) |
| Width | 1.46 in (3.7 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 1.57 in (4 cm) |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
| Pipe shape | figural |
| Material | pipe clay (ceramic) |
| Technique | press moulded |
| Colour | white |
| Finish | schilderemail, wit, zwart |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Continent | Europe |
| Region international | Western Europe |
| Country | France |
| Region national | Ardennes |
| Town | Givet |
| Maker | Blanc-Garin & Guyot |
| Trade number | 224 |
| Trade name | nègre |
| Mark | BG (stempel, ketel onderzijde) |
Acquisition
| Year | 2013 |
| Provenance | Parijs, Piasa, veilinghuis Nouveau Drouot, lot 461 |
| Gisy-les-Nobles, Daniel Mazaleyrat, <1990-2009 |
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