Museum number:
| APM 1.715b |
Subcollection:
| clay pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| "HER MAJESTY ..", head Queen Victoria |
Description:
| Tabakspijp van klei met figurale ketel, zonder hiel en korte steel met manchet. Ketel hoofd koningin Victoria met kroon die boven de filt uitsteekt en parelketting om de hals. Ketel achterzijde liggend ovaal met intaglio "HER MAJESTY'S JUBILEE 1887". Manchet onderzijde intaglio "GAMBIER". Schilderemail ogen, wenkbrauwen en collier in geel, zwart en wit. |
Date:
| Period | 1887 - 1895 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 2.05 in (5.2 cm) |
| Width | 1.46 in (3.7 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 0.98 in (2.5 cm) |
| Weight | 27 gram |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
| Pipe shape | figural |
| Material | pipe clay (ceramic) |
| Technique | press moulded |
| Colour | white |
| Finish | email, drie kleuren |
| Traces of use | ongerookt |
Production
| Continent | Europe |
| Region international | Western Europe |
| Country | France |
| Region national | Ardennes |
| Town | Givet |
| Maker | Gambier |
| Trade number | 1492 |
| Trade name | tête fantaisie Victoria |
| Mark | "GAMBIER" (stempel, manchet oz.) |
Acquisition
| Year | 1982 |
| Provenance | Volendam, collectie Fred Tymstra, 1978-1982 |
| Antwerpen, Josse Vandersteen, 1978 |
Exhibition
| Soltau, Stadtmuseum, reizende tentoonstelling "Tonpfeifen", 3 september 1988 - 28 oktober 1988, Uslar, "Tonpfeifen", december 1988 - januari 1989, Hamburg-Harburg, Helms-Museum, "Vom Tobaktrinken, die Geschichte des Rauchens und der Pfeifenbäckerei":, 26 februari 1989 - 5 mei 1989, Uelzen, Museum Schloss Holdenstedt, "Die Trückene Trunkenheit, Die Geschichte des Rauchens und der Pfeifenbäckerei", 11 juni 1989 - 8 september 1989. |
| Wervik, Tabaksmuseum, tentoonstelling "Tabak & Vorsten", 19 januari 1994 - 25 november 1994. |
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