Museum number:

APM 15.092

Subcollection:

porseleinen pijpen

Title:

tabakspijp

Keyword:

cameo with male head with medium length hair

Description:

Tobacco pipe made of porcelain with empire shape consisting of a pentagonal pear shaped vase with pointed bottom formed by a button of three pentagons and ascending octagonal stem with narrow stub band. Bowl front an elevated oval with black background in which in biscuit a cameo representing a male head turned to the left with medium length hair and bust with garment weavers. Bowl painted green with on both sides a semi-circular savings field with bouquet of roses surrounded by leaves. Filt purple. Gilt on the edges and bottom button. Original brass valve cover with five-sided elevation and ball topped.

Date:

Period 1810 - 1825


Dimensions:

BowlHeight9,5 cm
Width4,1 cm
StemLength5 cm
Characteristics
Pipe type manchetpijp
Pipe shape vaasvorm
Materialporselein (ceramiek)
Techniquegegoten ceramiek
Colourwit
Other materialsmessing (metaal)
Finish glazuur, meerkleuren
Traces of use gerookt
Production
ContintentEuropa
Region InternationalWest-Europa
CountryFrankrijk (?)
Acquisition
Year 1996
Provenance Parijs, collectie Bertrand Lazard, 1975-1996
Parijs, antiekwinkel rue de Boone, 1975
Exhibition
Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, zaal, vitrine 7, v.a. 2001.

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