Museum number:
| APM 12.105 |
Subcollection:
| clay pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| bust Don Quixote in armor |
Description:
Tobacco pipe made of clay with figural bowl, without heel and up going stem with stub. Bowl bust of Don Quichotte, a shaving dish on the head and bust with armor. Bowl underside shaped motif. Painting in enamel on eyes and eyebrows. |
Date:
| Period | 1840 - 1860 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 2.09 in (5.3 cm) |
| Width | 1.38 in (3.5 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 1.38 in (3.5 cm) |
| Weight | 44 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 | Ardennes |
| Town | Givet |
| Maker | Blanc-Garin & Guyot |
| Trade number | 229 |
| Trade name | Don-Quichotte |
| Mark | "BLANC GARIN & GUYOT A GIVET" (stempel, ketel oz.) |
Acquisition
| Year | 1991 |
| Provenance | Brussel, collectie Daniël Glinoër, 1985-1991 |
| Brussel, collectie Josse Vandersteen, <1972-1985 |
Comments
| Vgl. Don Duco, Fabrique de pipes en terre de Belgique et de Hollande de Vve. Blanc-Garin à Givet, Leiden, z.jr. (1983), p 21. Modelnummer 229. |
Literature
| Ruud van der Neut, Toeback & toebehoren. Baarn, 2001. foto. Dit exemplaar. |
Exhibition
| Gouda, Catharina Gasthuis, tentoonstelling "Gouda / was eens een / Pijpenstad", 8 juli 1983 - 14 oktober 1983. |
| Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, achterkamer, vitrine Frankrijk, v.a. 1999. |
If you have any comments, suggestions or additions, click here to send us an email