Museum number:

APM 1.680

Subcollection:

smokers' utensils

Title:

tinder box

Keyword:

"ANNO 1797", mother-of-pearl inlay work

Description:

Tinder box of wood with barrel-shaped body with bands of brass adorned with concentric grooves. Center inlay made of twisted brass wire and mother-of-pearl of twice a pot with three leaves with three flowers. On the pot "ANNO" on one side and "1797" on the other. Brass rosette base in which a seven-pointed star is engraved surrounded by a double winding edge with dots of brass thread. Lid with button and winding thread. Brass chain from bottom to lid.

Date:

Year 1797


Dimensions:

GeneralLength3.07 in (7.8 cm)
Diameter1.46 in (3.7 cm)
Characteristics
Materialwood
Techniqueturned (on a lathe)
Colourbrown, yellow
Other materialsmother of pearl (organic material), brass (metal)
Traces of use slijtage
Production
ContinentEurope
Region internationalWestern Europe
CountryThe Netherlands
Acquisition
Year 1984
Provenance Londen, Bermundsey antiquemarket
Londen, antiekhandel, 1984
Literature
Ruud van der Neut, Toeback & toebehoren. Baarn, 2001. foto. Dit exemplaar.
Exhibition
Wenen, Österreichisches Tabakmuseum, tentoonstelling "Die 2000 Jährige Geschichte der Tonpfeifen", 23 juni 1994 - 10 september 1994.
Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, zaal, vitrine 2, v.a. 2001.

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