Museum number:
| APM 12.563 |
Subcollection:
| porcelain pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| "WATERLOO", "BOIS DE BOULOGNE" |
Description:
Tobacco pipe made of porcelain with stummel bowl, heel and straight insertion stem narrowing with screw thread. Bowl hand painted in multi colour of a campfire with a standing army commander on the right with a saber to the ground and behind the fire three hands warming soldiers and left a soldier throwing wood on the fire, background trees with a Napoleonic army tent in the distance. Under the scene in gold "BOIS DE BOULOGNE". Bowl reverse in gold in arch form "WATERLOO, DEN 18.TEN JUNY 1815" and below "A.F. VON BULOW". Bowl base, heel and stem gilt, on the heel inscription "SEVRES". Silver valve cover (without hall marks) with pearl edge around the bowl opening and raised openwork edge in which a winding line, on the top a rosette-shaped flower, the spring clip closure in the form of a snake with the head downwards. |
Date:
| Year | 1815 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 3.86 in (9.8 cm) |
| Width | 1.34 in (3.4 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 1.38 in (3.5 cm) |
| Pipe type | insert pipe |
| Pipe shape | high oval stummel porcelain bowl |
| Material | porcelain (ceramic) |
| Technique | slip cast |
| Colour | white |
| Other materials | silver (metal) |
| Finish | glazuur, meerkleuren |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
| Continent | Europe |
| Region international | Western Europe |
| Country | France |
| Region national | Ile de France |
| Town | Sèvres |
| Maker | Manufacture Royale |
| Mark | "SEVRES" (geschilderd, hiel) |
| Year | 1991 |
| Provenance | Vincennes, marché aux puces |
| Le Havre, antiekhandel, 1991 |
| Pijp aangeboden aan Friedrich Wilhelm Bülow von Dennewitz (1755-1816). Vgl. Encyclopédie du Tabac, Paris, 1975, p 416 (t.o.) plaat LIII. Bivak in Bois de Boulogne, 1815 (Historisches Museum, Hannover). Zelfde decoratieschema, de rechter figuur in dezelfde houding en kleiding. Idem, p 443. Kampement van de geallieerden in Bois de Boulogne, datering 07-07-1815 (Musée de Sèvres). Deze pijpenkop is gemaakt in de korte periode dat de Sèvresfabriek Duits bezit was, in het tweede semester van 1815 volgens zeggen in 493 exemplaren voor of in opdracht van generaal Von Bulow. Afgebeeld in Pipe, the worldwide pipe smoker's magazine, vol 5, 1997, p 50, Famous Pipes, Pipes Célèbres, Pipas Famosas. Dit exemplaar. |
| Don Duco, De edele kunst van het roken. ZwolleTussen Kunst & Kitsch, II/19, 1993. p 438. Dit exemplaar. |
| Benedict Goes (Benedict Goes), 25 eeuwen roken; De verwonderlijke vormgeving van de pijp. , 1993. p 56, foto. Dit exemplaar. |
| Benedict Goes (Benedict Goes), The Intriguing Design of Tobacco Pipes. Leiden, 1993. p 56, foto. Dit exemplaar. |
| D.H. Duco (Don Duco), Van vorstengeschenk tot volksobject; De historie van de porseleinen tabakspijp. Vormen uit Vuur, Mededelingenblad Nederlandse Vrienden van de Ceramiek, /165, 1998. p 38, afb 11. Dit exemplaar. |
| Don Duco, Boekbespreking: The European Porcelain Tobacco Pipe, Illustrated History for Collectors, Sarunas Peckus & Ben Rapaport, 2014.. Amsterdam, 2015. afb 3. Dit exemplaar. |
| Wenen, Österreichisches Tabakmuseum, tentoonstelling "Die 2000 Jährige Geschichte der Tonpfeifen", 23 juni 1994 - 10 september 1994. |
| Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, voorkamer, stummelvitrine, 1999-2013. |
| Amsterdam, Amsterdam Pipe Museum, permanente presentatie, voorkamer, stummelvitrine, v.a. 2013. |
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