Museum number:

APM 8.144

Subcollection:

clay pipes

Title:

ornamental pipe

Keyword:

bust Abd-El-Kader

Description:

Shop window display or presentation pipe made of clay with figural bowl, flat bottom with cavity and short up going stem with stub. Bowl bust of Adb-El- Kader with moustache and embroidered turban, bust-coat collar with embroidered shirt between which two daggers have been put in front of his chest. Stub intaglio rectangular mark stamp with "L. FIOLET ST.OMER".

Date:

Period 1855 - 1875


Dimensions:

BowlHeight8.27 in (21 cm)
Width3.78 in (9.6 cm)
Weight2,250 gram
Characteristics
Pipe type stub stemmed pipe
Pipe shape figural
Materialpipe clay (ceramic)
Techniquepress moulded
Colourblack-baked
Traces of use ongerookt
Production
ContinentEurope
Region internationalWestern Europe
CountryFrance
Region nationalPas-de-Calais
TownSaint-Omer
MakerFirme L. Fiolet
Mark "L. FIOLET ST.OMER" (stempel, manchet)
Acquisition
Year 1983
Provenance Amsterdam, Gérard Boilot, Le Petit Marchand
Parijs, antiekhandel, 1983
Literature
Benedict Goes, 25 eeuwen roken; De verwonderlijke vormgeving van de pijp. , 1993. p 35, foto. Dit exemplaar.
Benedict Goes, The Intriguing Design of Tobacco Pipes. Leiden, 1993. p 35, foto. Dit exemplaar.
Don Duco, Benedict Goes, De Franse figuurpijp in de negentiende eeuw. Amsterdam, 2010. afb 254. Dit exemplaar.
Don Duco, De rage rond Abd-El-Kader. Amsterdam, 2011. afb 6. Dit exemplaar.
Exhibition
Leiden, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, vitrine 19de eeuw, juni 1983 - 31 december 1993.
's-Gravenhage, Grote Kerk, manifestatie Federatie van Musea in Zuid-Holland, tentoonstelling "100x museum", 21 april 1988 - 3 mei1988.
Wenen, Österreichisches Tabakmuseum, tentoonstelling "Die 2000 Jährige Geschichte der Tonpfeifen", 23 juni 1994 - 10 september 1994.
Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, achterkamer, vitrine Frankrijk, v.a. 1999.

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