Museum number:

APM 15.716

Subcollection:

houten pijpen

Title:

tabakspijp

Keyword:

smoking men at the table

Description:

Tobacco pipe made of wood with oval bowl, heel and short straight stem. Complete with moist bag and straight upgoing stem with curved horn mouthpiece. Bowl front carved folk art scene of smoking men at a table surrounded by trees, left a sitting dog. Heel carved date 1884. Moisture bag with openwork branches with leaves and beech nuts. Cover on the top carved a curled snake. Stem creeper leaves, a horseshoe on the top. Bowl internally covered with sheet iron. On the ferrule intaglio “(F.B) ITZSCHE” , (or S.R).

Date:

Year 1884


Dimensions:

BowlHeight15 cm
Width7,1 cm
StemLength7 cm
Length total66 cm
Characteristics
Pipe type insteekpijp
Pipe shape ovaal
Materialhout
Techniquegesneden
Colourbruin
Other materialsplaatijzer (metaal)
Traces of use gerookt
Production
ContintentEuropa
Region InternationalWest-Europa
CountryDuitsland
Mark '(F.B)ITZSCHE" (ingeslagen, busje)
Acquisition
Year 1999
Provenance Utrecht, nationale verzamelaarsjaarmarkt
Heerlen, particulier bezit, <1985-1999
Comments
Afgebeeld in Pipe, the worldwide pipe smoker's magazine, vol 13, 2001, rubriek Famous Pipes, Pipes Célèbres, Pipas Famosas, Pipe, Vol. 32 - I, 2001, p 50. 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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