Museum number:

APM 17.105

Subcollection:

porseleinen pijpen

Title:

tabakspijp

Keyword:

hussar with high square hat

Description:

Tobacco pipe in porcelain with hollow-walled figural bowl, without heel and ascending stem without stub. Bowl head of a hussar or grenadier with long moustache, on the head a high military cap (shako) with four-sided top and drooping tassels, on the front a semicircular shield with rays. Stem transition lapels ascending into two elongated pinnate leaves on either side of the stem. Multi-coloured painting in natural colours, the cap purple, the uniform green, gilding. Stem reinforcement with a silver band with concentric rings.

Date:

Period 1820 - 1850


Dimensions:

BowlHeight6,4 cm
Width5,8 cm
StemLength6 cm
Characteristics
Pipe type manchetpijp
Pipe shape figuraal
Materialporselein (ceramiek)
Techniquedrukvorm
Colourwit
Other materialszilver (metaal)
Finish glazuur, meerkleuren
Traces of use gerookt
Production
ContintentEuropa
Region InternationalWest-Europa
CountryDuitsland
Region NationalSaksen
Acquisition
Year 2003
Provenance Utrecht, Bart Lankhorst, Douwe Egberts
Utrecht, Douwe Egberts Pijpenkamer, <1970-2003, nr 205
Exhibition
Utrecht, Douwe Egberts Pijpenkamer, permanente presentatie, c. 1970-c. 1995.
Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, zaal, vitrine 7, v.a. 2003.

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