Museum number:
| APM 4.550 |
Subcollection:
| ceramische pijpen |
Title:
| tabakspijp |
Keyword:
| man with frizzy hear |
Description:
Tobacco pipe made of slip cast clay with hollow-walled figural bowl, without heel and ascending plug in stem. Bowl head of a negro with short frizzy hair. Transparent glaze with strong hairlines. Original mounting with silver ferrule marked with "STERLING SILVER" and black hard rubber stem. |
Date:
| Period | 1925 - 1935 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 7,1 cm |
| Width | 5,8 cm | |
| Stem | Length | 5,5 cm |
| Length total | 16 cm | |
| Weight | 94 gram |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | insteekpijp |
| Pipe shape | figuraal |
| Material | gietklei (ceramiek) |
| Technique | gegoten ceramiek |
| Colour | wit |
| Other materials | zilver (metaal), pararubber (kunststof) |
| Finish | glazuur, transparant |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Contintent | Europa |
| Region International | West-Europa |
| Country | Engeland |
| Mark | "STERLING SILVER" (ingeslagen, busje) |
Acquisition
| Year | 1993 |
| Provenance | Londen, Portobelloroad antiquemarket |
| Londen, antiekhandel, 1993 | |
| New Haven, particulier bezit, <1975-1987 |
Literature
| Don Duco, De nadagen van de figuurpijp, recente portretpijpen tussen klei en ceramiek. Amsterdam, 2011. afb 19. Dit exemplaar. |
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