Museum number:

APM 21.678

Subcollection:

houten pijpen

Title:

tabakspijp

Keyword:

cover with hunter with dog and shot deer

Description:

Tobacco pipe made of wood with bag-shaped bowl, round bottom and ascending stem ending in a stub. Undecorated. Mounted with a silver valve cover with a seated hunter with a dog next to him on the lenticular valve, a shot deer at his feet, the clamping spring a reclining lion, the air inlet on either side a fish. Stem plate and stem holder in silver, against the plate a standing man with legs spread, arms spread, dressed in eighteenth century costume, maker's mark of cloverleaf with initials "OFH" (FOH) stamped in front.

Date:

Period 1830 - 1850


Dimensions:

GeneralHeight11,4 cm
BowlHeight8,5 cm
Width5,8 cm
StemLength12 cm
Characteristics
Pipe type manchetpijp
Pipe shape zakvorm
Materialwarrelhout (hout)
Techniquegedraaid (draaibank)
Colourbruin
Other materialszilver (metaal)
Oher techniquesgesmeed
Other coloursblank
Finish gepolijst
Traces of use gerookt
Production
ContintentEuropa
Region InternationalWest-Europa
CountryDuitsland
Mark klaverblad + OFH (ingeslagen, steelplaat)
Acquisition
Year 2013
Provenance Hofheim-Diedenbergen, collectie Rainer Immensack, 1999-2013
Nashville, Museum of Tobacco Art & History, 1982-1998
Letchmore Heath, Trevor Barton sr., <1970-1982
Literature
Ben Rapaport (Benjamin Rapaport), A complete guide to collecting Antique Pipes. Exton, PA, 1979. p 103, foto rechts boven. Dit exemplaar. Bijschrift: A Kalmasch mottled boxwood with silver figural ornamentation of the hunt.
Ben Rapaport (Benjamin Rapaport), Museum of Tobacco Art & History Guide Book. Nashville, TN, 1996. p 3.30. Dit exemplaar. Bijschrift: Burl-wood pipe bowl. Europe, c. 1830, 4-1/2"H. x 6-1/2"L. This pipe has a silver-plated wind cap decorated with figures of a hunter, dog and stag.
Don Duco, Object van de maand. Amsterdam, 2001. oktober 2013, nr 149. Beknopte bespreking van dit exemplaar.
Exhibition
Nashville, Museum of Tobacco Art & History, permanente presentatie, <1990-2000

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