Museum number:
| APM 14.131 |
Subcollection:
| clay pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| head man with fur cap |
Description:
Tobacco pipe made of clay with figural bowl, without heel and straight stem with button end. Bowl head of a bullfighter with earrings, hair in a bun, on the head a fur hat with belt under the chin. Stem near bowl narrow bust with four flat lobes around the stem. Stem right in relief "TOREADOR", stem left shape number "1411". Stem intaglio "GAMBIER A PARIS M * M DEPOSE". Painted in enamel in green, pink, turquoise, brown, white and black. |
Date:
| Period | 1875 - 1895 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 1.93 in (4.9 cm) |
| Width | 1.3 in (3.3 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, zes kleuren |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Continent | Europe |
| Region international | Western Europe |
| Country | France |
| Region national | Ardennes |
| Town | Givet |
| Maker | Gambier |
| Trade number | 1411 |
| Trade name | fantaisie toréador |
| Mark | "GAMBIER A PARIS M*M DEPOSE" (intaglio, steel) |
Acquisition
| Year | 1995 |
| Provenance | Luik, veilinghuis Michel Lhomme, lot 54 |
| Luik, collectie André Joiris, 1979-1994 | |
| Parijs, Denise Corbier, antiquaire, 1979 |
Exhibition
| Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, tentoonstelling "Toppers, twee jaar aanwinsten Pijpenkabinet", voorjaar-zomer 1996. |
| Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, achterkamer, vitrine Frankrijk, v.a. 1999. |
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