Museum number:
| APM 22.808 |
Subcollection:
| houten pijpen |
Title:
| tabakspijp |
Keyword:
| man's head, fish head |
Description:
Tobacco pipe made of wood with figural bowl, heel marking and rising stem with stub. Bowl head of a man with clownish face with wart on the hook nose, upside down a fish head, the opened mouth at the cuff that ends in a rim with pearls. Eyes with glass insert. Mounting with silver ring round the bowl opening and small silver ring round the stub, conical stem with two locking rings. |
Date:
| Period | 1760 - 1785 |
Dimensions:
| General | Height | 5,6 cm |
| Bowl | Height | 5,5 cm |
| Width | 3,7 cm | |
| Stem | Length | 6,5 cm |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | manchetpijp |
| Pipe shape | figuraal |
| Material | notenhout (hout) |
| Technique | gesneden |
| Colour | donkerbruin |
| Other materials | zilver, ijzer (metaal) |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Contintent | Europa |
| Region International | West-Europa |
| Country | Duitsland |
| Region National | Beieren |
Acquisition
| Year | 2017 |
Comments
| Thomasson spreekt bij dit werk van Ecole Nymphenburg naar vergelijkbare portretten in porselein uitgevoerd. |
Literature
| Benedict Goes, Tabakspijpen, kunstwerkjes in hout. ZandvoortMétier, 3/11, 2020. p 29. Dit exemplaar. |
Exhibition
| Amsterdam, Amsterdam Pipe Museum, tentoonstelling "Aanwinsten 2017", 2 februari - 6 mei 2018. |
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