Museum number:

APM 11.235

Subcollection:

porcelain pipes

Title:

tobacco pipe

Keyword:

relief of Frederic II

Description:

Tobacco pipe made of porcelain with high cylindrical bowl with round bottom and up going stem with stub. Bowl front embossed with round bow and two half-columns on either side, in which a standing Frederick William II, king of Prussia wearing a two-sided stitch, underneath a raised rectangular shield with a leaf bundle with inscription "F II". Celadon coloured glaze and gilding of an oval shaped by two palm branches around the relief representation. Gold plated lid with shell pattern and gold plated cuff band with short stem holder and locking ring.

Date:

Period 1840 - 1860


Dimensions:

BowlHeight4.37 in (11.1 cm)
Width1.5 in (3.8 cm)
StemLength1.97 in (5 cm)
Characteristics
Pipe type stub stemmed pipe
Pipe shape cylindrical
Materialporcelain (ceramic)
Techniqueslip cast
Colourwhite
Other materialsmetal
Oher techniquesgilt
Finish glazuur, groen, goud
Traces of use gerookt
Production
ContinentEurope
Region internationalWestern Europe
CountryGermany
Acquisition
Year 1989
Provenance Londen, Portobelloroad antiquemarket
Londen, antiekhandel, 1989
Comments
Vgl. Werner Schäfke, Blauer Dunst, Köln, 1984, p 70, nr 51. Zelfde type met Napoleon met gekruiste armen en tweekante steek, op het schild in reliëf doodshoofd met schenkels.
Carlos Armero, Antique pipes, Madrid, 1989, p 103. Zelfde type met Napoleon met gekruiste armen en tweekante steek, op schild de letter N in vierkante stralen.
Exhibition
Wenen, Österreichisches Tabakmuseum, tentoonstelling "Die 2000 Jährige Geschichte der Tonpfeifen", 23 juni 1994 - 10 september 1994.
Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, voorkamer, stummelvitrine, 1999-2013.
Amsterdam, Amsterdam Pipe Museum, permanente presentatie, voorkamer, stummelvitrine, v.a. 2013.

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