Museum number:

APM 19.504

Subcollection:

porseleinen pijpen

Title:

tabakspijp

Keyword:

bust Napoleonic soldier with bear cap

Description:

Porcelain tobacco pipe with figural bowl, round bottom without heel and ascending stem with narrow stub. Bowl bust of a soldier with thin long moustache and sideburns, high bearskin hat with hanging red cloth on the right, a golden plume protrudes above the hat, bust with a raised collar and upright curled cloak collars. Bowl bottom cut away kiln support, decoration of leaf gold lines. Stem internally scratched model number "XIX".

Date:

Period 1835 - 1860


Dimensions:

GeneralHeight9,3 cm
BowlHeight7,8 cm
Width5 cm
StemLength3 cm
Characteristics
Pipe type manchetpijp
Pipe shape figuraal
Materialporselein (ceramiek)
Techniquegegoten ceramiek
Colourwit
Finish glazuur, meerkleuren
Traces of use ongerookt
Production
ContintentEuropa
Region InternationalWest-Europa
CountryFrankrijk (?)
Trade number 19
Acquisition
Year 2008
Provenance Brussel, collectie Daniël Glinoer, 2000-2008
Brussel, veilinghuis, 2000
Comments
Artillerist te paard van de keizerlijke garde.

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