Museum number:
| APM 11.404 |
Subcollection:
| clay pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| bust of Duke of Wellington, soldier |
Description:
Tobacco pipe made of clay with figural bowl, flat base without heel and up going figural stem with stub. Bowl in caricature bust of Duke of Wellington with two-sided stitch showing a plume of drooping feathers and bust with a uniform with épaulettes and embroidered galons. Stem a soldier, whose cap with flap forms the stub, which makes a disapproving gesture to Wellington with his hand. Original rosewood stem with ivory ring and buffalo horn mouthpiece. |
Date:
| Period | 1846 - 1850 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 3.03 in (7.7 cm) |
| Width | 1.5 in (3.8 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 1.77 in (4.5 cm) |
| Length total | 6.3 in (16 cm) | |
| Weight | 77 gram |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
| Pipe shape | figural |
| Material | pipe clay (ceramic) |
| Technique | press moulded |
| Colour | white |
| Finish | email, zwart, wit |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Continent | Europe |
| Region international | Western Europe |
| Country | France |
| Region national | Pas-de-Calais |
| Town | Saint-Omer |
| Maker | Firme E. Duméril, H. Leurs et Cie |
| Mark | H*M (stempel, ketel oz.) "DUMERIL LEURS & C A ST.OMER" (intaglio, steel) |
Acquisition
| Year | 1990 |
| Provenance | Londen, veilinghuis Phillips, lot 15 |
| Londen, collectie Francis George Shillitoe (1911-1979) |
Comments
| Deze satirische pijp is gemaakt vanaf 1845 op verzoek van de Londense pijpenimporteur Benda naar aanleiding van het verbod van Wellington dat soldaten in het leger mogen roken. Getoond in de film Comical Pipes door British Pathé, 1960 uit de Shillitoe collection. |
Literature
| Benedict Goes (Benedict Goes), 25 eeuwen roken; De verwonderlijke vormgeving van de pijp. , 1993. p 33, foto. Dit exemplaar. |
| Benedict Goes (Benedict Goes), The Intriguing Design of Tobacco Pipes. Leiden, 1993. p 33, foto. Dit exemplaar. |
| André Leclaire, Quelques marques de pipiers Français inusitées. LiverpoolJournal of the Académie Internationale de la Pipe, 10/, 2017. p 68, merk 29. Dit exemplaar (het merk). |
Exhibition
| Leiden, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, vitrine 19de eeuw, maart 1990 - 31 december 1993. |
| Wenen, Österreichisches Tabakmuseum, tentoonstelling "Die 2000 Jährige Geschichte der Tonpfeifen", 23 juni 1994 - 10 september 1994. |
| Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, achterkamer, vitrine Frankrijk, v.a. 1999. |
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