Museum number:
APM 14.276 |
Subcollection:
porcelain pipes |
Title:
tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
standing cow with clothes |
Description:
Tobacco pipe made of porcelain with figural bowl, without heel and up going stem with stub. Bowl on a cylindrical pedestal standing cow dressed as a butcher in checked shirt and trousers, a pleated apron and yellow vest, an ax in the right hand, a turban-shaped cap on the head. Base bottom stylized serrated leaves. The head of the animal is lid of the pipe. Painting in multicolour. Brass fitting around lid rim and cuff with locking ring. |
Date:
Period | 1830 - 1860 |
Dimensions:
Bowl | Height | 4.21 in (10.7 cm) |
Width | 1.5 in (3.8 cm) | |
Stem | Length | 1.38 in (3.5 cm) |
Characteristics
Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
Pipe shape | figural |
Material | porcelain (ceramic) |
Technique | slip cast |
Colour | white |
Other materials | brass (metal) |
Finish | glazuur, meerkleuren |
Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
Continent | Europe |
Region international | Western Europe |
Country | Germany |
Region national | Bohemia (?) |
Acquisition
Year | 1995 |
Provenance | Parijs, Vernaison, marché aux puces |
Parijs, antiekhandel, 1995 |
Exhibition
Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, tentoonstelling "Toppers, twee jaar aanwinsten Pijpenkabinet", voorjaar-zomer 1996. |
Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, zaal, vitrine 7, v.a. 2001. |
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