Museum number:

APM 8.722a

Subcollection:

ceramic pipes

Title:

tobacco pipe

Keyword:

head general De Gaulle

Description:

Tobacco pipe made of slip cast clay with hollow-walled trumpet shaped figural bowl, without heel and straight push in stem. Bowl stylized head of General De Gaulle with distinctive large nose and flat cap with flap on the front. Stem underside incised signature "GEM A 3/40". Art glaze in brown-green colour. Originally black hard rubber mouthpiece with slightly curved flattened end and knot. Stem left intaglio "GEMA".

Date:

Period 1970 - 1971


Dimensions:

BowlHeight2.76 in (7 cm)
Width1.85 in (4.7 cm)
StemLength1.57 in (4 cm)
Length total2.76 in (7 cm)
Weight58 gram
Characteristics
Pipe type insert pipe
Pipe shape figural
Materialslip (ceramic)
Techniqueslip cast
Colourred-brown
Other materialshardrubber (synthetic material)
Finish glazuur, reactief
Traces of use ongerookt
Production
ContinentEurope
Region internationalWestern Europe
CountryFrance
TownVallauris
MakerMarcel Giraud (ceramist)
Mark "GEMA 3/40" (ingekrast, steel oz.)
"GEMA" (intaglio, roer li.)
Acquisition
Year 1985
Provenance Parijs, Denise Corbier, antiquaire
Parijs, particulier bezit, <1975-1984
Comments
Vervaardigd in een oplage van 40 genummerde exemplaren.
Afgebeeld in Pipe, the worldwide pipe smoker's magazine, vol 10, 1999, p 50, Famous Pipes, Pipes Célèbres, Pipas Famosas. Dit exemplaar.
Literature
Benedict Goes (Benedict Goes), 25 eeuwen roken; De verwonderlijke vormgeving van de pijp. , 1993. p 53, foto. Dit exemplaar.
Benedict Goes (Benedict Goes), The Intriguing Design of Tobacco Pipes. Leiden, 1993. p 53, foto. Dit exemplaar.
Don Duco, De nadagen van de figuurpijp, recente portretpijpen tussen klei en ceramiek. Amsterdam, 2011. afb 30. Dit exemplaar.
Exhibition
Turnhout (België), De Warande, tentoonstelling "Verzamelen is ook een kunst", 24 juni - 24 augustus 1986.
Amsterdam, Tropenmuseum, tentoonstelling "500 jaar tabakscultuur", 9 oktober 1992 - 9 oktober 1993.
Wenen, Österreichisches Tabakmuseum, tentoonstelling "Die 2000 Jährige Geschichte der Tonpfeifen", 23 juni 1994 - 10 september 1994.

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