Museum number:
| APM 15.144 |
Subcollection:
| ceramische pijpen |
Title:
| tabakspijp |
Keyword:
| four faces, braided stem |
Description:
Tobacco pipe made of earthenware with curved bowl shape, spur and braided stem with smooth stem end. Bowl around embossed four faces, each sharing an eye under a simple vertical ribbed hat. Stem braided with four extruding curls. Painting with tamponated yellow and cobalt blue spots, bowl opening and stem end blue, covered with a blue-tinted lead glaze. |
Date:
| Period | 1800 - 1850 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 4 cm |
| Width | 2,9 cm | |
| Stem | Length | 29,5 cm |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | steelpijp |
| Pipe shape | slurfvorm |
| Material | aardewerk (ceramiek) |
| Technique | handvorm |
| Colour | geelwit |
| Finish | glazuur, meerkleuren |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Contintent | Europa |
| Region International | West-Europa |
| Country | Engeland |
| Region National | Staffordshire |
| City | Stafford |
Acquisition
| Year | 1996 |
| Provenance | Parijs, collectie Bertrand Lazard, 1982-1996 |
| Parijs, Denise Corbier, 1982 |
Literature
| Peter J. Davey, The 'English' pipes in the Rothschild collection: typology, chronology and provenance. LiverpoolJournal of the Académie Internationale de la PIpe, /9, 2016. p 64, fig 18, afb 3 en 3a. Dit exemplaar. |
Exhibition
| Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, zaal, vitrine 8, v.a. 2001. |
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