Museum number:

APM 8.144

Subcollection:

clay pipes

Title:

ornamental pipe

Keyword:

bust Abd-El-Kader

Description:

Shop window display or presentation pipe made of clay with figural bowl, flat bottom with cavity and short up going stem with stub. Bowl bust of Adb-El- Kader with moustache and embroidered turban, bust-coat collar with embroidered shirt between which two daggers have been put in front of his chest. Stub intaglio rectangular mark stamp with "L. FIOLET ST.OMER".

Date:

Period 1855 - 1875


Dimensions:

BowlHeight8.27 in (21 cm)
Width3.78 in (9.6 cm)
Weight2,250 gram
Characteristics
Pipe type stub stemmed pipe
Pipe shape figural
Materialpipe clay (ceramic)
Techniquepress moulded
Colourblack-baked
Traces of use ongerookt
Production
ContinentEurope
Region internationalWestern Europe
CountryFrance
Region nationalPas-de-Calais
TownSaint-Omer
MakerFirme L. Fiolet
Mark "L. FIOLET ST.OMER" (stempel, manchet)
Acquisition
Year 1983
Provenance Amsterdam, Gérard Boilot, Le Petit Marchand
Parijs, antiekhandel, 1983
Literature
Benedict Goes (Benedict Goes), 25 eeuwen roken; De verwonderlijke vormgeving van de pijp. , 1993. p 35, foto. Dit exemplaar.
Benedict Goes (Benedict Goes), The Intriguing Design of Tobacco Pipes. Leiden, 1993. p 35, foto. Dit exemplaar.
Don Duco, De rage rond Abd-El-Kader. Amsterdam, 2011. afb 6. Dit exemplaar.
Exhibition
Leiden, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, vitrine 19de eeuw, juni 1983 - 31 december 1993.
's-Gravenhage, Grote Kerk, manifestatie Federatie van Musea in Zuid-Holland, tentoonstelling "100x museum", 21 april 1988 - 3 mei1988.
Wenen, Österreichisches Tabakmuseum, tentoonstelling "Die 2000 Jährige Geschichte der Tonpfeifen", 23 juni 1994 - 10 september 1994.
Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, achterkamer, vitrine Frankrijk, v.a. 1999.

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