Museum number:

APM 1.226

Subcollection:

porseleinen pijpen

Title:

tabakspijp

Keyword:

woman with coral pearl necklace

Description:

Tobacco pipe made of porcelain with stummel bowl, knob heel and straight insertion stem with five constrictions. Bowl front hand-painted in rectangle with smooth gold leaf frame the bust of a woman with a triple coral necklace, her hands crossed, a green satin dress with purple sleeves under her neck a scarf. Heel intaglio size number "8", stem end blue stripe. Original gilded bronze valve cover with an octagonal pointed top and edge with balls as air inlet, lid internal label with handwritten collection number "234". Original mounting with black buffalo horn moist reservoir with two reinforcement bands of gilded metal with embossed pearl row, ascending cherry wood stem and buffalo horn top with gilded smooth band with locking ring and curved mouth piece with button.

Date:

Period 1830 - 1845


Dimensions:

GeneralLength31 cm
BowlHeight10,9 cm
Width3,6 cm
StemLength3,5 cm
Characteristics
Pipe type insteekpijp
Pipe shape stummel
Materialporselein (ceramiek)
Techniquegedraaid (pottenbakkersschijf), gegoten ceramiek
Colourwit
Other materialskersenhout (hout), buffelhoorn (dierlijk materiaal), metaal
Finish glazuur, meerkleuren, bladgoud
Traces of use gerookt
Production
ContintentEuropa
Region InternationalWest-Europa
CountryDuitsland
Region NationalBerlijn (deelstaat)
CityBerlijn
MakerKönigliche Porzellan Manufaktur (?)
Acquisition
Year 2008
Provenance Amsterdam, veilinghuis Sotheby's, lot 62
Wittelsbach, kroonprins Rupprecht van Beieren (1869-1955) en erven, 2008
Literature
Don Duco, Stummels, twee eeuwen smaakmakend. Amsterdam, 2020. afb 4. Dit exemplaar.

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