Museum number:

APM 21.053

Subcollection:

houten pijpen

Title:

tabakspijp

Keyword:

man head with hat

Description:

Tobacco pipe made of wood with figural bowl, round underside without heel and rising stem without stub. Bowl head of a man with a small mustache and goatee, tonsure on the back of the head, a hemispherical hat with a curved tip and three whimsical curled edges, secured with a silver chain, a simple knotted scarf with a bow on the front. Eyes with glass inlaid, the teeth mother-of-pearl. Bowl internally covered with sheet iron. Stem end silver manchette with stem holder and locking ring.

Date:

Period 1770 - 1800


Dimensions:

GeneralHeight10,3 cm
BowlHeight6,2 cm
Width4,2 cm
StemLength7,5 cm
Characteristics
Pipe type manchetpijp
Pipe shape figuraal
Materialhout
Techniquegesneden
Colourbruin
Other materialsparelmoer (organisch materiaal), zilver (metaal), glas (anorganisch materiaal)
Traces of use gerookt
Production
ContintentEuropa
Region InternationalMidden-Europa
CountryZwitserland (?)
Acquisition
Year 2012
Provenance Brussel, Patrick Crowyn, antiquair
Brussel, particulier bezit, <2000-2012
Literature
Don Duco, Hoogtepunten uit het Amsterdam Pipe Museum. Amsterdam, 2020. hoofdstuk: Fantasieportret man met driekante hoed. Dit exemplaar.

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