Museum number:
| APM 13.603 |
Subcollection:
| porcelain pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| heraldic trophy |
Description:
Tobacco pipe made of porcelain with stummel bowl, heel and straight insert stem with three constrictions around the end. Bowl front hand painted in black encre de Chine centrally an asymmetrical shield with fasces placed on a club crowned with Phrygian hat and at the base a reclining dragon with broken lance in the claws and three heads with duke, king and papal crown. Behind the shield on both sides, two banners, on the left a mirror and on the right a hand and a laurel branch. Bowl base, heel and stem gold leaf. |
Date:
| Period | 1820 - 1830 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 3.86 in (9.8 cm) |
| Width | 1.5 in (3.8 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 1.57 in (4 cm) |
| Weight | 77.5 gram |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | insert pipe |
| Pipe shape | high oval stummel porcelain bowl |
| Material | porcelain (ceramic) |
| Technique | thrown (potters' wheel), slip cast |
| Colour | white |
| Finish | glazuur, zwart, goud |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Continent | Europe |
| Region international | Western Europe |
| Country | Germany |
| Region national | Thuringia |
| Town | Gotha |
Acquisition
| Year | 1993 |
| Provenance | Brussel, antiekwinkel Vossenstraat |
| Brussel, particulier bezit, 1942-1993 |
Literature
| Benedict Goes (Benedict Goes), 25 eeuwen roken; De verwonderlijke vormgeving van de pijp. , 1993. p 55, foto. Dit exemplaar. |
| Benedict Goes (Benedict Goes), The Intriguing Design of Tobacco Pipes. Leiden, 1993. p 55, foto. Dit exemplaar. |
| D.H. Duco, Van vorstengeschenk tot volksobject; De historie van de porseleinen tabakspijp. Vormen uit Vuur, Mededelingenblad Nederlandse Vrienden van de Ceramiek, /165, 1998. p 37, afb 8. Dit exemplaar (links). |
| Niels Gustav Bardenfleth, Kridtpiber og kridtpiberygning. Copenhagen, 2002. p 179. Dit exemplaar. |
Exhibition
| Wenen, Österreichisches Tabakmuseum, tentoonstelling "Die 2000 Jährige Geschichte der Tonpfeifen", 23 juni 1994 - 10 september 1994. |
| Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, voorkamer, stummelvitrine, 1999-2006. |
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