Museum number:
| APM 22.647 |
Subcollection:
| meerschuim pijpen |
Title:
| tabakspijp |
Keyword:
| lid with seven gun barrels and cannon |
Description:
| Tobacco pipe of meerschaum with bag shaped bowl with flattened sides, round bottom and rising stem widening to the end. Undecorated. Mounted with a silver valve cover consisting of a drum form of which seven cannon barrels protrude, on the lid a complete cannon with a stack of cannon balls on the right and a rolled-up wick on the left side. Silver stem plate with octagonal stem holder on which a knotted rope with tube with bonnet to keep the cannon barrels clean. |
Date:
| Period | 1805 - 1820 |
Dimensions:
| General | Height | 10,7 cm |
| Bowl | Height | 7,6 cm |
| Width | 5 cm | |
| Stem | Length | 12,5 cm |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | manchetpijp |
| Pipe shape | zakvorm |
| Material | schiuma di mare (steen) |
| Technique | gedraaid (draaibank) |
| Colour | geelbruin |
| Other materials | zilver (metaal) |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Contintent | Europa |
| Region International | West-Europa |
| Country | Frankrijk |
| Mark | zwaan met streepjes (ingeslagen, affuit, manchetmontage) |
Acquisition
| Year | 2017 |
Comments
| Fransen spreken van een pipe du maréchal. |
Exhibition
| Amsterdam, Amsterdam Pipe Museum, permanente presentatie, zaal, vitrine 5, v.a. december 2017. |
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