Museum number:
| APM 14.251 |
Subcollection:
| ceramic pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| bust man half smiling half crying |
Description:
Tobacco pipe made of earthenware with figural bowl, pointed base without heel and straight up going stem with stub. Bowl head of a man with crooked face, one half crying and the other smiling, left smooth hair and right frizzy hair, bust with flat and upright collar. Stub small band with cord design. Stem bottom intaglio "K.E. JOHNSON KRISTIANA ENERET". Transparent lacquer. |
Date:
| Period | 1880 - 1925 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 2.64 in (6.7 cm) |
| Width | 1.73 in (4.4 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 1.57 in (4 cm) |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
| Pipe shape | figural |
| Material | pottery (ceramic) |
| Technique | pressed |
| Colour | red-brown |
| Finish | lak, transparant |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Continent | Europe |
| Region international | North Europe |
| Country | Sweden |
| Town | Kristiana |
| Maker | K.E. Johnson |
| Mark | "K.E. JOHNSON KRISTIANA ENERET" (intaglio, ketel oz.) |
Acquisition
| Year | 1995 |
| Provenance | Luik, veilinghuis Michel Lhomme, lot 197 |
| Luik, collectie André Joiris, <1982-1994 |
Comments
| Kristiana is oude naam voor Oslo, Eneret betekent gedeponeerd. |
Exhibition
| Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, tentoonstelling "Toppers, twee jaar aanwinsten Pijpenkabinet", voorjaar-zomer 1996. |
| Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, zaal, vitrine 8, v.a. 2001. |
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