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:
| General | Height | 5,4 cm |
| Bowl | Height | 5,3 cm |
| Width | 3,7 cm | |
| Stem | Length | 4 cm |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | manchetpijp |
| Pipe shape | figuraal |
| Material | pijpaarde (ceramiek) |
| Technique | gekast |
| Colour | wit |
| Finish | schilderemail, wit, zwart |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Contintent | Europa |
| Region International | West-Europa |
| Country | Frankrijk |
| Region National | Ardennes |
| City | Givet |
| Maker | Blanc-Garin & Guyot |
| Trade number | 224 |
| Trade name | nègre |
| Mark | BG (stempel, ketel onderzijde) |
Acquisition
| Year | 2013 |
| Provenance | Parijs, Piasa, veilinghuis Nouveau Drouot, lot 461 |
| Gisy-les-Nobles, Daniel Mazaleyrat, <1990-2009 |
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