Museum number:

APM 22.528

Subcollection:

ceramische pijpen

Title:

tabakspijp

Keyword:

bust Anacreon with lid

Description:

Tobacco pipe of cast clay with figural bowl, sloping bottom without heel and ascending stem with stub. Bowl bust of Anacreon with a ribbon in his hair with a vine in between, the round bust lined with a chain with an oval medallion in the center. Complete with bowl lid with ceramic eyelet and brass chain to a ceramic locking eyelet at the bottom of the stem. Stem bottom pressed model number "165". Entirely covered with red lacquer and details heightened with gold.

Date:

Period 1840 - 1855


Dimensions:

GeneralHeight8,3 cm
BowlHeight6,7 cm
Width5 cm
StemLength5 cm
Characteristics
Pipe type manchetpijp
Pipe shape figuraal
Materialgietklei, siderolith (ceramiek)
Techniquegegoten ceramiek
Colourcrème
Other materialsmessing (metaal)
Finish verf, rood
Traces of use gerookt
Production
ContintentEuropa
Region InternationalWest-Europa
CountryDuitsland
Region NationalThüringen
CityRuhla
Trade number 165
Acquisition
Year 2016
Comments
Door verzamelaar Demoly toegeschreven aan Duméril vanwege de grote gelijkenis met de Anacreon van die fabriek en het gebruik van rode lak.
Literature
Don Duco, Rondom siderolith, tussen fijnaardewerk en protoporselein. Amsterdam, 2018. afb 15. Dit exemplaar.

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