Museum number:
| APM 12.718 |
Subcollection:
| clay pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| bust William of Orange |
Description:
Tobacco pipe made of clay with figural bowl, without heel with S-shaped curved stem and button end. Bowl head of Prince William of Orange with mustache, trays and millstone collar, hat with narrow edge and small hanging spring left. Under the collar a small bust with a pattern of embroidered clothing. Stem left embossed " PRINS WILLEM I" between braces and "BRIELLE 1 APRIL 1572" and right "300 JARIG BESTAAN VAN NEERLANDS VRIJHEID" (third centennial of the Dutch freedom). Original multi coulor painting. Hat provided with a domed brass valve cover with clamping spring with ball closure. |
Date:
| Period | 1872 - 1875 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 2.6 in (6.6 cm) |
| Width | 1.65 in (4.2 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 5.31 in (13.5 cm) |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stem pipe |
| Pipe shape | figural |
| Material | pipe clay (ceramic) |
| Technique | press moulded |
| Colour | white |
| Finish | verf, meerkleuren |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Continent | Europe |
| Region international | Western Europe |
| Country | The Netherlands |
| Region national | South Holland |
| Town | Gouda |
| Maker | Firma P. van der Want Gzn., Ivora (?) |
Acquisition
| Year | 1991 |
| Provenance | Brussel, collectie Jean-Léo Rostagni, 1951-1991 |
| Brussel, antiekhandel, 1951 |
Literature
| D.H. Duco, De tabakspijp als Oranjepropaganda. Leiden, 1992. p 70, afb 68 en kleurenfoto binnenzijde kaft. Dit exemplaar. |
| D.H. Duco, Vorstelijke pijpen, Inventarisatie van kleipijpen gewijd aan Nederland en Oranje. Leiden, 1992. p 84, nr 231. Dit exemplaar. |
| Don Duco, aaaDe Nederlandse kleipijp, handboek voor het determineren. Amsterdam, 2024. hfst 6, p , afb 42, 291. Dit exemplaar. |
Exhibition
| Apeldoorn, Rijksmuseum Paleis Het Loo, tentoonstelling "Ik rook Oranje, de pijp als propaganda", 10 juli 1992 - 27 september 1992. |
| Tentoonstellingstournee "Vorstelijke Pijpen, de tabakspijp als Oranjepropaganda", Leiden, Pijpenkabinet, 11 oktober 1992 - 22 november 1992, Groningen, Niemeyer Tabaksmuseum, 27 november 1992 - 31 januari 1993, Rotterdam, Historisch Museum Schielandhuis, 14 februari 1993 - 11 april 1993, Hoorn, Westfriesmuseum, 23 april 1993 - 20 juni 1993 en Breda, Breda's Museum, 26 juni 1993 - 29 augustus 1993. |
| Wervik, Tabaksmuseum, tentoonstelling "Tabak & Vorsten", 19 januari 1994 - 25 november 1994. |
| Dillenburg, Dillenburger Museum, tentoonstelling "Oranien-Pfeifen", 2 juli 1996 - 25 augustus 1996. |
| Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, achterkamer, vitrine Gouda, v.a. 2001. |
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