Museum number:

APM 278

Subcollection:

excavated pipes

Title:

tobacco pipe

Keyword:

bowl mark

Description:

Tabakspijp van klei met ovaalvorm ketel, spoor en rechte steel. Ketel links in reliëf vis met drie golven gekroond waarboven "AVDA" tussen bloesemtakken. Steelaanzet in reliëf vis met geopende bek.

Date:

Period 1775 - 1795


Dimensions:

BowlHeight1.65 in (4.2 cm)
Width0.87 in (2.2 cm)
StemLength1.18 in (3 cm)
Characteristics
Pipe type stem pipe
Pipe shape oval shape
Materialpipe clay (ceramic)
Techniquepress moulded
Colourwhite
Traces of use gerookt
Production
ContinentEurope
Region internationalWestern Europe
CountryThe Netherlands
Region nationalSouth Holland
TownGorinchem
MakerAbraham van den Akker
Mark vis gekroond + AVDA (reliëf, ketel li.)
Acquisition
Year 1971
Provenance Amsterdam, Jacques Bos
Excavation site Amersfoort, Muurhuizen, 1971
Literature
Wytze Stellingwerf, The Patriot behind the pot, A historical and archaeological study of ceramics, glassware and politics in the Dutch house hold of the Revolutionary Era: 1780-1815. Zwolle, 2019. p 51, fig 3.19. Dit exemplaar.

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