Museum number:
| APM 9.282 |
Subcollection:
| ceramic pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| sitting woman with child at the breast |
Description:
Tobacco pipe made of stoneware with stummel bowl, heel and straight insertion stem with five windings. Bowl front embossed applique of a seated woman with child at the chest, rear child with palm branch and cornucopia, bowl opening four concentric rings held together by a circulating ribbon. Original brass valve cover with flat top and s-shaped clamp. |
Date:
| Period | 1840 - 1880 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 2.6 in (6.6 cm) |
| Width | 1.18 in (3 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 1.38 in (3.5 cm) |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | insert pipe |
| Pipe shape | high oval stummel porcelain bowl |
| Material | stoneware (ceramic) |
| Technique | slip cast |
| Colour | blue |
| Finish | applique, wit |
| Traces of use | ongerookt |
Production
| Continent | Europe |
| Region international | Western Europe |
| Country | England |
| Region national | Staffordshire |
| Town | Barlaston |
| Maker | Wedgwood |
Acquisition
| Year | 1986 |
| Provenance | Birmingham, antiekmarkt |
Literature
| Saskia de Bodt, Jos Koldewey, Museumaanwinsten, het Leidse Pijpenkabinet. LochemMaandblad Antiek, XXII/2, 1988. p 97. Dit exemplaar. |
| Benedict Goes, 25 eeuwen roken; De verwonderlijke vormgeving van de pijp. , 1993. p 58, foto. Dit exemplaar. |
| Benedict Goes, The Intriguing Design of Tobacco Pipes. Leiden, 1993. p 58, foto. Dit exemplaar. |
Exhibition
| Wenen, Österreichisches Tabakmuseum, tentoonstelling "Die 2000 Jährige Geschichte der Tonpfeifen", 23 juni 1994 - 10 september 1994. |
| Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, zaal, vitrine 8, v.a. 2001. |
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