Museum number:
| APM 22.808 |
Subcollection:
| wooden pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| man's head, fish head |
Description:
Tobacco pipe made of wood with figural bowl, heel marking and rising stem with stub. Bowl head of a man with clownish face with wart on the hook nose, upside down a fish head, the opened mouth at the cuff that ends in a rim with pearls. Eyes with glass insert. Mounting with silver ring round the bowl opening and small silver ring round the stub, conical stem with two locking rings. |
Date:
| Period | 1760 - 1785 |
Dimensions:
| General | Height | 2.2 in (5.6 cm) |
| Bowl | Height | 2.17 in (5.5 cm) |
| Width | 1.46 in (3.7 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 2.56 in (6.5 cm) |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
| Pipe shape | figural |
| Material | walnut (wood) |
| Technique | carved |
| Colour | dark brown |
| Other materials | silver, iron (metal) |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Continent | Europe |
| Region international | Western Europe |
| Country | Germany |
| Region national | Bavaria |
Acquisition
| Year | 2017 |
Comments
| Thomasson spreekt bij dit werk van Ecole Nymphenburg naar vergelijkbare portretten in porselein uitgevoerd. |
Literature
| Benedict Goes, Tabakspijpen, kunstwerkjes in hout. ZandvoortMétier, 3/11, 2020. p 29. Dit exemplaar. |
Exhibition
| Amsterdam, Amsterdam Pipe Museum, tentoonstelling "Aanwinsten 2017", 2 februari - 6 mei 2018. |
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