Museum number:

APM 1.087

Subcollection:

clay pipes

Title:

tobacco pipe

Keyword:

grasshopper

Description:

Tabakspijp van klei met bekervorm ketel, zonder hiel en rechte steel met knoop. Steelhoek in hoogreliëf zittende sprinkhaan. Steel intaglio "GAMBIER A PARIS M*M DEPOSE". Schilderemail in groen, bruin en geel.

Date:

Period 1870 - 1890


Dimensions:

BowlHeight1.42 in (3.6 cm)
Width0.98 in (2.5 cm)
StemLength4.92 in (12.5 cm)
Characteristics
Pipe type stem pipe
Pipe shape figural
Materialpipe clay (ceramic)
Techniquepress moulded
Colourwhite
Finish email, drie kleuren
Traces of use ongerookt
Production
ContinentEurope
Region internationalWestern Europe
CountryFrance
Region nationalArdennes
TownGivet
MakerGambier
Trade number 1159
Trade name néogène la sauterelle
Mark "GAMBIER A PARIS M*M DEPOSE" (intaglio, steel)
Acquisition
Year 1986
Provenance Parijs, veilinghuis Nouveau Drouot, veiling 6, lot 95
Parijs, collectie Jean Laffont
Exhibition
Leiden, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, vitrine 19de eeuw, 4 juni 1986 - 31 december 1993.
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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