Museum number:

APM 20.742

Subcollection:

tabakscuriosa

Title:

pipe case

Keyword:

brass inlay, mother-of-pearl

Description:

Pipe case made of wood with oval-shaped bowl part with valve and long stem. Bowl part and stem inlaid with brass, interspersed with copper, on the valve and on the stem side a flowerpot with a branch with two and three blooming flowers, small rectangular pieces of mother-of-pearl on the hinge edges, on hinge "ANNO 1776". Stem a brass lock plate on the underside on which engraved a long flowering plant, stem five brass rings, in between brass bands with straight and wavy lines of wound brass wire. Bowl part on top of circular two-headed plate hinge, stem end with a brass knob with rosette shape.

Date:

Year 1776


Dimensions:

GeneralHeight6,5 cm
Length34 cm
Characteristics
Materialhout
Techniquegesneden
Colourbruin
Other materialsmessing, koper (metaal), parelmoer (organisch materiaal)
Traces of use slijtage
Production
ContintentEuropa
Region InternationalWest-Europa
CountryNederland (?)
Acquisition
Year 2011
Provenance Groningen, Niemeyer Tabaksmuseum, 12 januari 1964-2011, nr DD431
Middelstum, collectie G.A. Brongers, 1959-1963
Amsterdam, antiekhandel Laméris, 1959, prijs Dfl. 15,-
Literature
T. Helperi Kimm (Tiemen Helperi Kimm), Van den toeback; roken, snuiven, mode & schoonheid. Groningen, 1988. p 31, afb 22. Dit exemplaar.
Exhibition
Amsterdam, Niemeyer Nederlands Tabacologisch Museum, vitrine 4, 1964-1974.
Groningen, Niemeyer Tabaksmuseum, 1978-2010, winkeletage.
Deventer, Museum De Waag, tentoonstelling "Van den Toeback, roken, snuiven, mode & schoonheid", 6 oktober 1988 - 20 november 1988.
Zug (Zwitserland), tentoonstelling "Das Niemeyer Tabak Museum", 30 augustus 1994 - 3 november 1994.
Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, tentoonstelling "De pijp op reis, versierde pijpenkassen uit de Niemeyer collectie", 15 juni - 31 juli 2011.
Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, zaal, vitrine 2, v.a. 2012.

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