Museum number:

APM 11.017

Subcollection:

ceramic pipes

Title:

tobacco pipe

Keyword:

head asian man with spiked hat

Description:

Tobacco pipe made of stoneware with figural bowl, without heel and up going stem without stub. Bowl head of a Tyrolean man with mustache and pointy, rising hat with rim, the upper part of the hat is a spark catcher and has three perforations with four holes, the hat halfway a brass mount with hinge. Stem end brass ring. Original mounting with stag horn stem with black horn, flexible part with green fabric and flat buffalo horn mouthpiece.

Date:

Period 1835 - 1865


Dimensions:

BowlHeight3.19 in (8.1 cm)
Width1.85 in (4.7 cm)
StemLength1.77 in (4.5 cm)
Length total14.37 in (36.5 cm)
Characteristics
Pipe type stub stemmed pipe
Pipe shape figural
Materialstoneware (ceramic)
Techniqueslip cast
Colouryellow
Other materialsbuffalo horn, stag horn (animal material), brass (metal)
Traces of use gerookt
Production
ContinentEurope
Region internationalWestern Europe
CountryGermany
Region nationalSaxony
TownPirna
Maker #1Philipp Eugenius (Eugen) Leyhn
ContinentEurope
Region internationalWestern Europe
CountryGermany
Region nationalThuringia
TownRuhla (?)
Mark EL in liggend ovaal (stempel, manchet)
Acquisition
Year 1989
Provenance Bath, veilinghuis Phillips, lot 77
Bristol, collectie R. Mickleburgh
Literature
Benedict Goes, 25 eeuwen roken; De verwonderlijke vormgeving van de pijp. , 1993. p 60, foto. Dit exemplaar.
Benedict Goes, The Intriguing Design of Tobacco Pipes. Leiden, 1993. p 60, foto. Dit exemplaar.
Don Duco, Rondom siderolith, tussen fijnaardewerk en protoporselein. Amsterdam, 2018. afb 62. 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 8, v.a. 2001.

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