Museum number:
| APM 9.371 |
Subcollection:
| kleipijpen |
Title:
| tabakspijp |
Keyword:
| head Peter Cooper |
Description:
Tobacco pipe made of clay with figural bowl, without heel and short rising stem with stub. Bowl head presidential candidate Peter Cooper (1791-1883) with motorcycle goggles and combed beard. Bowl base two crossed newspapers. Bowl underneath incised "A. PEYRAU.N.Y". Press mould in five parts. |
Date:
| Period | 1870 - 1880 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 6,1 cm |
| Width | 4,6 cm | |
| Stem | Length | 2,5 cm |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | manchetpijp |
| Pipe shape | figuraal |
| Material | pijpaarde (ceramiek) |
| Technique | handvorm |
| Colour | rood |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Contintent | Noord-Amerika |
| Country | Verenigde Staten |
| Region National | New York (staat) |
| City | New York |
| Maker | A. Peyrau |
| Mark | "A. PEYRAU.N.Y" (ingekrast, ketel onderzijde) |
Acquisition
| Year | 1986 |
| Provenance | Brussel, collectie Josse Vandersteen, 1971-1986 |
| Parijs, antiekhandel, 1971 |
Comments
| Vgl. Byron Sudbury, Historic Clay Tobacco Pipemakers in the United States of America, Oxford, 1979, p 282, plate 27. Light red unglazed terra-cotta "pipe heads" produced by A. Peyran of New York City in the late 1800's. |
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