Museum number:

APM 17.757

Subcollection:

houten pijpen

Title:

tabakspijp

Keyword:

head turk with mustache and beard

Description:

Tobacco pipe made of wood with beaker-shaped figural bowl, without heel and curved ascending stem slightly widening towards the end. Bowl head of a Turk type with thin moustache and short beard with locks, back of head shell motif. Stem granulated with elongated leaf motif along the bottom and top edge. Mounting with silver valve cover with narrow twisted rim and flat top on which a six-pointed star, radial rays with sawn edge for air supply, crescent moon above simple clamping spring. Stem end silver stub plate with stem holder with locking eye. Original dark buffalo horn stem with thickened middle part with flutes, detached at the top, disc shape with sling edge and flattened bite. Original silver locking chain.

Date:

Period 1820 - 1855


Dimensions:

BowlHeight7,3 cm
Width4,9 cm
StemLength7 cm
Length total29,5 cm
Characteristics
Pipe type manchetpijp
Pipe shape figuraal
Materialhout
Techniquegesneden
Colourdonkerbruin
Other materialszilver (metaal), buffelhoorn (dierlijk materiaal)
Traces of use gerookt
Production
ContintentEuropa
Region InternationalWest-Europa
CountryDuitsland
Region NationalThüringen
CityRuhla (?)
Acquisition
Year 2005
Provenance Brussel, antiekwinkel rue Rollebeek
Brussel, particulier bezit, <1990-2001
Literature
Don Duco, Aanwinsten voor het Pijpenkabinet. AmsterdamNieuwsbrief Pijpenkabinet, 3/4, 2006. afb 2. Dit exemplaar.
Exhibition
De Rijp, Museum In 't Houten Huis, tentoonstelling "In rook vervlogen, vier eeuwen tabaksgebruik", 6 augustus - 19 november 2006. Ook op affiche afbebeeld.
Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, voorkamer, kabinetkast, 2007-2013.
Amsterdam, Amsterdam Pipe Museum, permanente presentatie, voorkamer, kabinetkast, v.a. 2013.

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