Museum number:
| APM 15.069 |
Subcollection:
| meerschaum pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| bust negress |
Description:
Tobacco pipe made of meerschaum with figural bowl, without heel and up going stem. Bowl bust of a negress with open mouth, rings in the ears, a cloth with embroidered bands around the head, left chest exposed. Original curved amber stem with flattened mouthpiece with button. |
Date:
| Period | 1880 - 1910 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 3.62 in (9.2 cm) |
| Width | 2.2 in (5.6 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 2.76 in (7 cm) |
| Length total | 5.71 in (14.5 cm) |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | insert pipe |
| Pipe shape | figural |
| Material | meerschaum (block) (stone) |
| Technique | carved |
| Colour | yellow-brown |
| Other materials | amber (stone) |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Continent | Europe |
| Region international | Central Europe |
| Country | Austria |
| Region national | Vienna (province) |
| Town | Vienna |
Acquisition
| Year | 1997 |
| Provenance | Leiden, collectie Bob Slingeland, 1971-1997 |
| Leiden, particulier bezit, <1960-1971 |
Comments
| Een prachtrige kloeke portretpijp die in talloze varianten zo gemaakt is. Let op de double cire in de muts en langs het borstbeeld. Afgebeeld in Pipe, the worldwide pipe smoker's magazine, vol 6, 1997, p 50, Famous Pipes, Pipes Célèbres, Pipas Famosas. Dit exemplaar. Otto van Leijden, Antiekjournaal, 2002. Dit exemplaar. |
Literature
| Don Duco, Fabels en feiten over de meerschuim pijp. Amsterdam, 2009. afb 92. Dit exemplaar. |
Exhibition
| Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, voorkamer, kabinetkast, 1999-2013. |
| Amsterdam, Amsterdam Pipe Museum, permanente presentatie, voorkamer, kabinetkast, v.a. 2013. |
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