Museum number:
| APM 14.590 |
Subcollection:
| clay pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| bust Joséphine de Beauharnais |
Description:
Tobacco pipe made of clay with figural bowl, without heel and up going stem with stub. Bowl bust of Josephphine de Beauharnais her hair in two braids along the temples and a bun turned behind the head, crown with pearls, bust with pearl necklace and pendant and décolleté with clothing collar round the edge. Press mould in three parts. Bowl bottom stamped maker’s mark "DUMERIL LEURS & C. A ST. OMER". |
Date:
| Period | 1845 - 1870 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 2.87 in (7.3 cm) |
| Width | 1.69 in (4.3 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 1.57 in (4 cm) |
| Weight | 74 gram |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
| Pipe shape | figural |
| Material | pipe clay (ceramic) |
| Technique | press moulded |
| Colour | white |
| Traces of use | ongerookt |
Production
| Continent | Europe |
| Region international | Western Europe |
| Country | France |
| Region national | Pas-de-Calais |
| Town | Saint-Omer |
| Maker | Firme E. Duméril, H. Leurs et Cie |
| Mark | "DUMERIL LEURS & C. A ST. OMER" (stempel, ketel oz.) |
Acquisition
| Year | 1996 |
| Provenance | Amsterdam, Dick Leijenaar, antiekmarkt De Looier |
| Verenigde Staten, Massachusetts, Chicopee, antiekhandel, 1996 |
Comments
| Vgl. APM 16.158 dezelfde pijpenkop tot borstbeeld vermaakt. |
Literature
| Don Duco, The Intriguing world of the French clay pipe. WoubruggePipe, the worldwide pipe smoke's magazine, 10/2, 1999. p 16. Dit exemplaar. |
Exhibition
| Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, achterkamer, vitrine Frankrijk, v.a. 1999. |
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