Museum number:

APM 19.092

Subcollection:

houten pijpen

Title:

tabakspijp

Keyword:

hunting scene

Description:

Tobacco pipe in wood with cylindrical Hungarian bowl, round bottom without heel and ascending stem widening towards the end. Bowl all around and continuing on the stem a hunting scene with a deer attacked by a dog in front of a tree, bowl on the left a boar attacked by three dogs, bowl on the right a dog attacking a bear-like animal, around the stem two animals biting in the tail or in the flank, rabbits in between, along the bottom an ornament shape on which a stylized branch with flower rosettes. Original mounting with lenticular silver valve cover with simple spring closing, sawn open zigzag edge, debossed silver hallmark "13", silver cuff ring with stem holder and locking eye, wooden stem with seven nailed die-cut leaf motifs or bunch of grapes, brown black buffalo horn tailpiece with button mouthpiece, four strings of silver chains and locking eye.

Date:

Period 1820 - 1860


Dimensions:

BowlHeight11 cm
Width6,5 cm
StemLength12 cm
Length total39 cm
Characteristics
Pipe type manchetpijp
Pipe shape cilindrisch
Materialhout
Techniquegesneden
Colourbruin
Other materialszilver (metaal), buffelhoorn (dierlijk materiaal)
Finish gemonteerd
Traces of use gerookt
Production
ContintentEuropa
Region InternationalWest-Europa
CountryDuitsland
Region NationalBaden-Württemberg
CityUlm (?)
Mark "13" (ingeslagen, dekselrand)
Acquisition
Year 2007
Provenance Schönebürg, Franz Irg
Ehingen, particulier bezit, c. 1985-2007
Literature
Don Duco, Object van de maand. Amsterdam, 2001. februari 2008, nr 81. Beknopte bespreking van dit exemplaar.
Exhibition
Amsterdam, Tassenmuseum Hendrikje, Museum of Bags and Purses, tentoonstelling "It’s a men’s world", 9 maart - 27 augustus 2017.

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