Museum number:
| APM 16.264 |
Subcollection:
| porseleinen pijpen |
Title:
| tabakspijp |
Keyword:
| bust Napoleonic soldier |
Description:
Porcelain tobacco pipe with figural bowl, round bottom without heel and ascending stem with narrow stub. Bowl bust Napoleonic soldier with sideburns and high bearskin hat with red cord and high red plume, bust with high uniform collar. Polychrome painting, heightened with gold. Bowl bottom cut away kiln support, decoration of leaf gold lines. |
Date:
| Period | 1835 - 1860 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 9,5 cm |
| Width | 4 cm | |
| Stem | Length | 3,5 cm |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | manchetpijp |
| Pipe shape | figuraal |
| Material | porselein (ceramiek) |
| Technique | gegoten ceramiek |
| Colour | wit |
| Finish | glazuur, meerkleuren |
| Traces of use | ongerookt |
Production
| Contintent | Europa |
| Region International | West-Europa |
| Country | Frankrijk |
Acquisition
| Year | 2001 |
| Provenance | Brussel, Josse Vandersteen, antiquair |
| Brussel, veilinghuis, 2000 |
Comments
| Soldaat van de artillerie te voet van de keizerlijke garde. |
Exhibition
| Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, zaal, vitrine 7, v.a. 2001. |
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