Museum number:
| APM 1.604c |
Subcollection:
| clay pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| "ASBESTOS", mounted asbestos |
Description:
| Tabakspijp van poreuze klei met billiard ketel, zonder hiel met oplopende insteeksteel. Zogenaamde asbestos met glanzend zwarte lak. Ketel gemonteerd met ring met radering om buitenrand. Steel links met goudverf in rechthoek "ASBESTOS". Oorspronkelijke montage met nikkel busje en gebogen zwart caoutchouc roer met knoop. |
Date:
| Period | 1920 - 1940 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 1.73 in (4.4 cm) |
| Width | 1.22 in (3.1 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 1.97 in (5 cm) |
| Length total | 4.92 in (12.5 cm) | |
| Weight | 45 gram |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | insert pipe |
| Pipe shape | billiard |
| Material | asbestos (ceramic) |
| Technique | press moulded |
| Colour | creamy white |
| Other materials | hardrubber (synthetic material), nickel (metal) |
| Finish | lak, bruinzwart |
| Traces of use | ongerookt |
Production
| Continent | Europe |
| Region international | Western Europe |
| Country | Belgium |
| Region national | Limburg (Belgian) |
| Town | Brée |
| Maker | Jean-Jacques Knoedgen |
Acquisition
| Year | 1993 |
| Provenance | Roermond, Jos Gubbels |
| Roermond, Koninklijke Gubbels, incourante voorraad, 1980-1993 | |
| Brée, Jean Hillen, <1950-1979 |
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