Museum number:
| APM 11.180 |
Subcollection:
| clay pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| woman with double face |
Description:
Tobacco pipe made of clay with figural bowl, straight stem with flattened end and button. Bowl double face with two noses and one mouth of an old woman, smiling and grim looking, a little beanie on the head. Stem left embossed shape number "N279". Stem intaglio "NOEL PARIS". Painted enamel in pink, green, black and white. |
Date:
| Period | 1890 - 1905 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 1.5 in (3.8 cm) |
| Width | 1.42 in (3.6 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 4.92 in (12.5 cm) |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stem pipe |
| Pipe shape | figural |
| Material | pipe clay (ceramic) |
| Technique | press moulded |
| Colour | white |
| Finish | email, vier kleuren |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Continent | Europe |
| Region international | Western Europe |
| Country | France |
| Region national | Ardennes |
| Town | Givet |
| Maker | Gambier |
| Trade number | N279 |
| Trade name | fantaisie deux figures |
| Mark | "NOEL PARIS" (intaglio, steel) |
Acquisition
| Year | 1989 |
| Provenance | Brussel, Le Grenier du Collectionneur, Catalogus 67, 1989, nr 310, prijs Bfr. 6.000 (Dfl. 330,-) |
| Brussel, collectie Jean-Léo Rostagni, 1986-1989 | |
| Brussel, collectie Jean Copin, <1960-1986 |
Exhibition
| Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, achterkamer, vitrine Frankrijk, v.a. 1999. |
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