Museum number:

APM 14.447

Subcollection:

porcelain pipes

Title:

tobacco pipe

Keyword:

"VAINCRE OU MOURIRE" (win or die), trophy

Description:

Tobacco pipe made of porcelain with stummel bowl, heel and straight insertion stem with constricted end. Bowl handpainted oval of flowers and leaves surrounded by gold leaf sprigs with in leaf gold "VAINCRE OU MOURIRE". Bowl rear trophy of a standing arrows bundle with crossed a club, fasces and ax. Bowl opening and bowl base gold leaf. Mounting with a straight twisted buffalo horn stem with flattened mouthpiece.

Date:

Period 1770 - 1790


Dimensions:

BowlHeight1.89 in (4.8 cm)
Width1.06 in (2.7 cm)
StemLength2.36 in (6 cm)
Characteristics
Pipe type insert pipe
Pipe shape high oval stummel porcelain bowl
Materialporcelain (ceramic)
Techniqueslip cast
Colourwhite
Other materialsbuffalo horn (animal material)
Finish glazuur, meerkleuren
Traces of use gerookt
Production
ContinentEurope
Region internationalWestern Europe
CountryFrance
Acquisition
Year 1996
Provenance Parijs, Paul Bert, marché aux puces
Parijs, antiekhandel, 1995
Literature
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 37, afb 9. Dit exemplaar.
Don Duco, The ubiquitos clay pipe. ParisThe Pipe Year Book 2001, /, 2001. p 57. Dit exemplaar.
Don Duco, Stummels, twee eeuwen smaakmakend. Amsterdam, 2020. afb 1. Dit exemplaar.
Exhibition
Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, zaal, vitrine 7, v.a. 2001. (met bijpassend roer)

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