Museum number:
| APM 14.447 |
Subcollection:
| porcelain pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| "VAINCRE OU MOURIRE" (win or die), trophy |
Description:
Tobacco pipe made of porcelain with stummel bowl, heel and straight insertion stem with constricted end. Bowl handpainted oval of flowers and leaves surrounded by gold leaf sprigs with in leaf gold "VAINCRE OU MOURIRE". Bowl rear trophy of a standing arrows bundle with crossed a club, fasces and ax. Bowl opening and bowl base gold leaf. Mounting with a straight twisted buffalo horn stem with flattened mouthpiece. |
Date:
| Period | 1770 - 1790 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 1.89 in (4.8 cm) |
| Width | 1.06 in (2.7 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 2.36 in (6 cm) |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | insert pipe |
| Pipe shape | high oval stummel porcelain bowl |
| Material | porcelain (ceramic) |
| Technique | slip cast |
| Colour | white |
| Other materials | buffalo horn (animal material) |
| Finish | glazuur, meerkleuren |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Continent | Europe |
| Region international | Western Europe |
| Country | France |
Acquisition
| Year | 1996 |
| Provenance | Parijs, Paul Bert, marché aux puces |
| Parijs, antiekhandel, 1995 |
Literature
| 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 9. Dit exemplaar. |
| Don Duco, The ubiquitos clay pipe. ParisThe Pipe Year Book 2001, /, 2001. p 57. Dit exemplaar. |
| Don Duco, Stummels, twee eeuwen smaakmakend. Amsterdam, 2020. afb 1. Dit exemplaar. |
Exhibition
| Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, zaal, vitrine 7, v.a. 2001. (met bijpassend roer) |
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