Museum number:

APM 15.233

Subcollection:

meerschaum pipes

Title:

cigarette pipe

Keyword:

love couple

Description:

Cigarette holder made of meerschaum with conical bowl, placed in an elegant curved stem with amber mouthpiece with button. On the stem, which at the end has the middle between a vagina and stylized leaves, there is a chair on which a man in a nightgown having intercourse with a woman in a nightshirt, both nightgowns are double waxed. Original case of wood with black leather exterior, the inside with red velvet and red silk, embossed gold print with "SCHIUMA GARANTITA".

Date:

Period 1900 - 1920


Dimensions:

BowlHeight2.48 in (6.3 cm)
Width1.38 in (3.5 cm)
StemLength1.38 in (3.5 cm)
Length total3.35 in (8.5 cm)
Characteristics
Pipe type insert pipe
Pipe shape figural
Materialmeerschaum (block) (stone)
Techniquecarved
Colourivory white
Other materialsamber (stone), leather (animal material), fabric (fabric), wood
Traces of use ongerookt
Production
ContinentEurope
Region internationalCentral Europe
CountryAustria
Region nationalVienna (province)
TownVienna
Acquisition
Year 1998
Provenance Amsterdam, Dick Leijenaar, antiekmarkt De Looier
Verenigde Staten, antiekhandel, 1998
Literature
Ruud van der Neut, Toeback & toebehoren. Baarn, 2001. foto. Dit exemplaar.
Don Duco, Fabels en feiten over de meerschuim pijp. Amsterdam, 2009. afb 101. Dit exemplaar.
Exhibition
Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, voorkamer, kabinetkast, 1999-2013.
Amsterdam, Amsterdam Pipe Museum, permanente presentatie, voorkamer, kabinetkast, v.a. 2013.

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