Museum number:
| APM 22.528 |
Subcollection:
| ceramic pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| bust Anacreon with lid |
Description:
Tobacco pipe of cast clay with figural bowl, sloping bottom without heel and ascending stem with stub. Bowl bust of Anacreon with a ribbon in his hair with a vine in between, the round bust lined with a chain with an oval medallion in the center. Complete with bowl lid with ceramic eyelet and brass chain to a ceramic locking eyelet at the bottom of the stem. Stem bottom pressed model number "165". Entirely covered with red lacquer and details heightened with gold. |
Date:
| Period | 1840 - 1855 |
Dimensions:
| General | Height | 3.27 in (8.3 cm) |
| Bowl | Height | 2.64 in (6.7 cm) |
| Width | 1.97 in (5 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 1.97 in (5 cm) |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
| Pipe shape | figural |
| Material | slip, siderolith (ceramic) |
| Technique | slip cast |
| Colour | cream |
| Other materials | brass (metal) |
| Finish | verf, rood |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Continent | Europe |
| Region international | Western Europe |
| Country | Germany |
| Region national | Thuringia |
| Town | Ruhla |
| Trade number | 165 |
Acquisition
| Year | 2016 |
Comments
| Door verzamelaar Demoly toegeschreven aan Duméril vanwege de grote gelijkenis met de Anacreon van die fabriek en het gebruik van rode lak. |
Literature
| Don Duco, Rondom siderolith, tussen fijnaardewerk en protoporselein. Amsterdam, 2018. afb 15. Dit exemplaar. |
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