Museum number:
| APM 10.003 |
Subcollection:
| tools |
Title:
| printing block |
Keyword:
| Mercury, coat of arms |
Description:
Printing block of brass and copper nailed on wood for pipe maker's mark 9 crowned in oblique heraldic shield held by Mercury with wing hat and staff, which seems to fly past the shield and protrudes in the left corner a bunch of three pipes, at the top oval Gouda coat of arms with "GOUDSE PYPE" and "PERASPERA AD ASTRA", below on ribbon "HENDk. LUNENBURG IN GOUDA". Printing block of oak wood with bevelled edges. |
Date:
| Vormdatum | 1745 - 1750 |
| Productiedatum | 1745 - 1835 |
| Period | 1826 - 1835 |
Dimensions:
| General | Height | 3.39 in (8.6 cm) |
| Width | 4.25 in (10.8 cm) | |
| Thickness | 0.98 in (2.5 cm) |
Characteristics
| Material | brass (metal) |
| Technique | engraved |
| Colour | yellow |
| Other materials | oak (wood), copper (metal) |
| Traces of use | slijtage |
Production
| Continent | Europe |
| Region international | Western Europe |
| Country | The Netherlands |
| Region national | South Holland |
| Town | Gouda |
| Maker #1 | Dillis van Oye |
| Continent | Europe |
| Region international | Western Europe |
| Country | The Netherlands |
| Region national | South Holland |
| Town | Gouda |
| Maker #2 | Hendrik Lunenburg |
| Mark | 9 gekroond (gedrukt, velletje) |
Acquisition
| Year | 1988 |
| Provenance | Schoonloo, Aart Goedewaagen |
| Schoonloo, particulier bezit familie Goedewaagen, 1972-1988 | |
| Bennekom, collectie D.A. Goedewaagen, <1940-1972 |
Comments
| De oorspronkelijke plaat vermoedelijk rond 1745-1750 door Van Oyen gemaakt. |
Literature
| D.A. Goedewaagen (Dirk Abraham Goedewaagen), G.C. Helbers, Goudsche Pijpen; Goudaer Pfeifen; Pipes de Gouda; De merken en het merkenrecht van de pijpmakers te Gouda. Amsterdam, 1942. p 110, afb 85 Dit exemplaar (de afdruk). |
| Don Duco, Merkomlijstingen van Goudse pijpmakers. Leiden, 1983. p 10, nr 187. Afdruk van dit blok. |
| D.H. Duco (Don Duco), Merken en merkenrecht van de pijpenmakers in Gouda. Amsterdam, 2003. p 109, vignet 202. Dit exemplaar. |
| Don Duco, aaaDe Nederlandse kleipijp, handboek voor het determineren. Amsterdam, 2025. hfst 1, p 26, afb 37. Dit exemplaar. |
Exhibition
| Wervik, Tabaksmuseum, tentoonstelling "Tabak & Vorsten", 19 januari 1994 - 25 november 1994. |
| Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, zaal, vitrine 2, v.a. 2001. |
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