Museum number:
| APM 9.371 |
Subcollection:
| clay pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| head Peter Cooper |
Description:
Tobacco pipe made of clay with figural bowl, without heel and short rising stem with stub. Bowl head presidential candidate Peter Cooper (1791-1883) with motorcycle goggles and combed beard. Bowl base two crossed newspapers. Bowl underneath incised "A. PEYRAU.N.Y". Press mould in five parts. |
Date:
| Period | 1870 - 1880 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 2.4 in (6.1 cm) |
| Width | 1.81 in (4.6 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 0.98 in (2.5 cm) |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
| Pipe shape | figural |
| Material | pipe clay (ceramic) |
| Technique | hand-formed |
| Colour | red |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Continent | North America |
| Country | United States |
| Region national | New York (state) |
| Town | New York |
| Maker | A. Peyrau |
| Mark | "A. PEYRAU.N.Y" (ingekrast, ketel onderzijde) |
Acquisition
| Year | 1986 |
| Provenance | Brussel, collectie Josse Vandersteen, 1971-1986 |
| Parijs, antiekhandel, 1971 |
Comments
| Vgl. Byron Sudbury, Historic Clay Tobacco Pipemakers in the United States of America, Oxford, 1979, p 282, plate 27. Light red unglazed terra-cotta "pipe heads" produced by A. Peyran of New York City in the late 1800's. |
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