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:
| Bowl | Height | 2.87 in (7.3 cm) |
| Width | 1.85 in (4.7 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 1.38 in (3.5 cm) |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
| Pipe shape | figural |
| Material | pipe clay (ceramic) |
| Technique | press moulded |
| Colour | white |
| Finish | email, vijf kleuren |
| Traces of use | ongerookt |
Production
| Continent | Europe |
| Region international | Western Europe |
| Country | France |
| Region national | Ardennes |
| Town | Givet |
| Maker | Blanc-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 |
Literature
| Don Duco, Benedict Goes, De Franse figuurpijp in de negentiende eeuw. Amsterdam, 2010. afb 25b. Dit exemplaar (het merk). |
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