Museum number:

APM 13.603

Subcollection:

porseleinen pijpen

Title:

tabakspijp

Keyword:

heraldic trophy

Description:

Tobacco pipe made of porcelain with stummel bowl, heel and straight insert stem with three constrictions around the end. Bowl front hand painted in black encre de Chine centrally an asymmetrical shield with fasces placed on a club crowned with Phrygian hat and at the base a reclining dragon with broken lance in the claws and three heads with duke, king and papal crown. Behind the shield on both sides, two banners, on the left a mirror and on the right a hand and a laurel branch. Bowl base, heel and stem gold leaf.

Date:

Period 1820 - 1830


Dimensions:

BowlHeight9,8 cm
Width3,8 cm
StemLength4 cm
Weight77,5 gram
Characteristics
Pipe type insteekpijp
Pipe shape stummel
Materialporselein (ceramiek)
Techniquegedraaid (pottenbakkersschijf), gegoten ceramiek
Colourwit
Finish glazuur, zwart, goud
Traces of use gerookt
Production
ContintentEuropa
Region InternationalWest-Europa
CountryDuitsland
Region NationalThüringen
CityGotha
Acquisition
Year 1993
Provenance Brussel, antiekwinkel Vossenstraat
Brussel, particulier bezit, 1942-1993
Literature
Benedict Goes, 25 eeuwen roken; De verwonderlijke vormgeving van de pijp. , 1993. p 55, foto. Dit exemplaar.
Benedict Goes, The Intriguing Design of Tobacco Pipes. Leiden, 1993. p 55, foto. Dit exemplaar.
D.H. Duco (Don Duco), Van vorstengeschenk tot volksobject; De historie van de porseleinen tabakspijp. Vormen uit Vuur, Mededelingenblad Nederlandse Vrienden van de Ceramiek, /165, 1998. p 37, afb 8. Dit exemplaar (links).
Niels Gustav Bardenfleth, Kridtpiber og kridtpiberygning. Kopenhagen, 2002. p 179. Dit exemplaar.
Exhibition
Wenen, Österreichisches Tabakmuseum, tentoonstelling "Die 2000 Jährige Geschichte der Tonpfeifen", 23 juni 1994 - 10 september 1994.
Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, voorkamer, stummelvitrine, 1999-2006.

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