Museum number:

APM 14.529b

Subcollection:

clay pipes

Title:

tobacco pipe

Keyword:

bust buccaneer with turban

Description:

Tobacco pipe made of clay with figural bowl, without heel and up going stem with stub. Bowl bust of a man with moustache and goatee and turban-wrapped embroidered cloth with tassel at the back, bust with clothing folds. Painted enamel in red, green, yellow, black and white on turban and eyes.

Date:

Period 1835 - 1845


Dimensions:

BowlHeight2.87 in (7.3 cm)
Width1.85 in (4.7 cm)
StemLength1.38 in (3.5 cm)
Characteristics
Pipe type stub stemmed pipe
Pipe shape figural
Materialpipe clay (ceramic)
Techniquepress moulded
Colourwhite
Finish email, vijf kleuren
Traces of use ongerookt
Production
ContinentEurope
Region internationalWestern Europe
CountryFrance
Region nationalArdennes
TownGivet
MakerBlanc-Garin & Guyot
Trade number 260
Trade name le corsaire
Mark "B.G." (stempel, ketel oz.)
Acquisition
Year 1996
Provenance Parijs, collectie Bertrand Lazard, 1973-1996
Dieppe, particuliere collectie, <1960-1973

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