Museum number:

APM 15.233

Subcollection:

meerschuim pijpen

Title:

sigarettenpijp

Keyword:

love couple

Description:

Cigarette holder made of meerschaum with conical bowl, placed in an elegant curved stem with amber mouthpiece with button. On the stem, which at the end has the middle between a vagina and stylized leaves, there is a chair on which a man in a nightgown having intercourse with a woman in a nightshirt, both nightgowns are double waxed. Original case of wood with black leather exterior, the inside with red velvet and red silk, embossed gold print with "SCHIUMA GARANTITA".

Date:

Period 1900 - 1920


Dimensions:

BowlHeight6,3 cm
Width3,5 cm
StemLength3,5 cm
Length total8,5 cm
Characteristics
Pipe type insteekpijp
Pipe shape figuraal
Materialmeerschuim (blok-) (steen)
Techniquegesneden
Colourivoorwit
Other materialsbarnsteen (steen), leer (dierlijk materiaal), stof (textiel), hout
Traces of use ongerookt
Production
ContintentEuropa
Region InternationalMidden-Europa
CountryOostenrijk
Region NationalWenen (provincie)
CityWenen
Acquisition
Year 1998
Provenance Amsterdam, Dick Leijenaar, antiekmarkt De Looier
Verenigde Staten, antiekhandel, 1998
Literature
Ruud van der Neut, Toeback & toebehoren. Baarn, 2001. foto. Dit exemplaar.
Don Duco, Fabels en feiten over de meerschuim pijp. Amsterdam, 2009. afb 101. Dit exemplaar.
Exhibition
Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, voorkamer, kabinetkast, 1999-2013.
Amsterdam, Amsterdam Pipe Museum, permanente presentatie, voorkamer, kabinetkast, v.a. 2013.

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