Museum number:

APM 15.091

Subcollection:

porseleinen pijpen

Title:

tabakspijp

Keyword:

breast shield trophy with armory

Description:

Tobacco pipe made of porcelain with chalice-shaped bowl, round bottom and up going stem ending in a stub. Bowl on both sides in relief a weapon trophy with a chest harness on top of which a helmet with feathers and on both sides three lances with banners, a gun barrel at the base and two drums at the bottom. Painting in multicolour, bowl opening and stem with purple shells, bordered with fine gilded rocailles.

Date:

Period 1750 - 1760


Dimensions:

BowlHeight5 cm
Width3 cm
StemLength3 cm
Characteristics
Pipe type manchetpijp
Pipe shape kelkvorm
Materialporselein (ceramiek)
Techniquegegoten ceramiek
Colourwit
Finish glazuur, meerkleuren
Traces of use gerookt
Production
ContintentEuropa
Region InternationalWest-Europa
CountryDuitsland
Region NationalSaksen
CityMeissen
MakerKöniglichen Sächsischen Porzellan-Manufaktur
Acquisition
Year 1996
Provenance Parijs, collectie Bertrand Lazard, 1979-1996
Parijs, veilinghuis Nouveau Drouot, 1979
Literature
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 34, afb 1. Dit exemplaar.
Exhibition
Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, zaal, vitrine 7, v.a. 2001.

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