Museum number:
| APM 15.070 |
Subcollection:
| meerschaum pipes |
Title:
| cigar pipe |
Keyword:
| bust William Tell |
Description:
Cigar holder made of meerschaum with figural bowl, without heel and up going stem. Bowl bust of a man (Willem Tell?) in three quarter with mustache and beard and romanticized sixteenth century dress in the style of Albrecht Durer, long curly hair over which a leather hood with a floppy pleated hat with large plume, flat collar with a few buttons. Curved amber coloured stem with red rubber protection band around the bite. Original case of wood with brown leather exterior and internal greyish blue velvet and greyish blue silk, gold stamp "B.H. WASMANN JR. (Dutch coat of arms), REGULIERSBREESTRAAT 7, GALERIJ 6 & AMSTEL 8, AMSTERDAM". |
Date:
| Period | 1890 - 1910 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 2.95 in (7.5 cm) |
| Width | 1.73 in (4.4 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 2.76 in (7 cm) |
| Length total | 6.3 in (16 cm) |
| Pipe type | insert pipe |
| Pipe shape | figural |
| Material | meerschaum (block) (stone) |
| Technique | carved |
| Colour | yellow-brown |
| Other materials | amber (stone), leather (animal material), fabric (fabric), wood |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
| Continent | Europe |
| Region international | Central Europe |
| Country | Austria |
| Region national | Vienna (province) |
| Town | Vienna (?) |
| Continent | Europe |
| Region international | Western Europe |
| Country | The Netherlands |
| Region national | North Holland |
| Town | Amsterdam |
| Maker #1 | Barend Heinrich Wasmann Jr. (pipe shop) |
| Year | 1997 |
| Provenance | Purmerend, W.L. Krijn, <1990-1997 |
| Antwerpen, collectie Hendrik Krijn, c. 1955 |
| Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, voorkamer, kabinetkast, 1999-2013. |
| Amsterdam, Amsterdam Pipe Museum, permanente presentatie, voorkamer, kabinetkast, v.a. 2013. |
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