Museum number:
| APM 6.429 |
Subcollection:
| ceramic pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| motteled glaze |
Description:
Tobacco pipe made of ceramic with large, slightly curved bowl, thin spur and curved s-shaped stem with smooth cut stem end. Cream-colored shard covered with flamed brown glaze making light ovals around the bowl. Glaze crackled. |
Date:
| Period | 1820 - 1880 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 4.13 in (10.5 cm) |
| Width | 2.44 in (6.2 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 6.3 in (16 cm) |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stem pipe |
| Pipe shape | asymmetrical oval |
| Material | pottery (ceramic) |
| Technique | hand-formed |
| Colour | red-brown |
| Finish | glazuur, bruin |
| Traces of use | ongerookt |
Production
| Continent | Europe |
| Region international | Western Europe |
| Country | England |
| Region national | Cumbria |
| Town | Brampton |
Acquisition
| Year | 1977 |
| Provenance | Londen, Portobelloroad antiquemarket |
| Londen, antiekhandel, 1977 |
Exhibition
| Leiden, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, vitrine 19de eeuw, 29 september 1982 - 31 december 1993. |
| Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, zaal, vitrine 8, v.a. 2001. |
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