Museum number:

APM 21.504

Subcollection:

kleipijpen

Title:

tabakspijp

Keyword:

head negress

Description:

Clay tobacco pipe with figural bowl, round bottom without heel and ascending stem with stub. Bowl head of a negro woman with stylized facial features, frizzy hair and large ears, narrow collar to stem transition. Painting enamel in black and white on eyes, eyebrows and teeth.

Date:

Period 1835 - 1850


Dimensions:

GeneralHeight5,4 cm
BowlHeight5,3 cm
Width3,7 cm
StemLength4 cm
Characteristics
Pipe type manchetpijp
Pipe shape figuraal
Materialpijpaarde (ceramiek)
Techniquegekast
Colourwit
Finish schilderemail, wit, zwart
Traces of use gerookt
Production
ContintentEuropa
Region InternationalWest-Europa
CountryFrankrijk
Region NationalArdennes
CityGivet
MakerBlanc-Garin & Guyot
Trade number 224
Trade name nègre
Mark BG (stempel, ketel oz.)
Acquisition
Year 2013
Provenance Parijs, Piasa, veilinghuis Nouveau Drouot, lot 461
Gisy-les-Nobles, Daniel Mazaleyrat, <1990-2009

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