Museum number:

APM 16.074

Subcollection:

porseleinen pijpen

Title:

tabakspijp

Keyword:

"AMOR", flower painting

Description:

Tobacco pipe of porcelain with vase-shaped bowl with slightly protruding bowl opening and weighted bowl base, round underside and rising stem with stub. Bowl bottom underside in light relief. Painting in multicolour on the upper half between two concentric bands in orange with black standing stripes and a lying oval with a frame in which a shield with "AMOR". Bowl bottom painting of vertical garlands of a twig with a rose. Stem gold leaf. Original mounting with gilded bronze flap cover with embossed oval on top with portrait of a Greek man with beard and cuff ring with locking ring.

Date:

Period 1820 - 1830


Dimensions:

BowlHeight7,8 cm
Width3,9 cm
StemLength4 cm
Characteristics
Pipe type manchetpijp
Pipe shape vaasvorm
Materialporselein (ceramiek)
Techniquegegoten ceramiek
Colourwit
Other materialsormoulu (metaal)
Finish glazuur, meerkleuren
Traces of use gerookt
Production
ContintentEuropa
Region InternationalWest-Europa
CountryDuitsland
Region NationalBeieren
CityElbogen
Maker Manufaktur Elbogen
Acquisition
Year 2000
Provenance Heidelberg, veilinghuis Metz, lot 23
Bazel, collectie Haegeli, <1980-2000
Literature
Walter Morgenroth, Rund um den Tabak; Sammlung Haegeli, Schweiz 1898-1998. Heidelberg, 2000. p 48, lot 23. Dit exemplaar.
Exhibition
Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, zaal, vitrine 7, v.a. 2001.

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