Museum number:
| APM 15.079 |
Subcollection:
| porcelain pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| head turk with turban |
Description:
Tobacco pipe made of porcelain with hollow-walled figural bowl, without heel and slightly rising stem without flare at the end. Bowl head of a Turk with thin mustache and long narrow trays, turban with circular pin on the front. Stem near bowl embossed pleated band. Painted in natural colours, eyebrows, moustache and trays black, the turban with purple dots, alternating single and four together, stem yellow. Mounting with silver valve cover with openwork edge and stem mounting with stem plate and conical stem holder with small locking ring. |
Date:
| Period | 1770 - 1780 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 2.44 in (6.2 cm) |
| Width | 1.73 in (4.4 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 2.17 in (5.5 cm) |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
| Pipe shape | figural |
| Material | porcelain (ceramic) |
| Technique | printing mould |
| Colour | white |
| Other materials | silver (metal) |
| Finish | glazuur, meerkleuren |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Continent | Europe |
| Region international | Western Europe |
| Country | Germany |
| Region national | Thuringia |
| Town | Veilsdorf |
| Maker | Closter Veilsdorf |
Acquisition
| Year | 1996 |
| Provenance | Parijs, collectie Bertrand Lazard, 1984-1996 |
| Parijs, veilinghuis Nouveau Drouot, 1984, Laffont 2, nr 286 | |
| Parijs, collectie Jean Laffont |
Comments
| Gezien de holwandige ketel mogelijk een wat later product. Vgl. APM 15.080 de vrouwelijke tegenhanger van dezelfde ontwerper. Morgenroth, (Rauchzeichen), 2021, p 225, noot 412. Vermelding van deze pijpenkop. |
Literature
| C. Boisgirard, Tabacologie, Collection Jean Laffont, 2e vente. Paris, 1984. foto achterkaft. Dit exemplaar. |
| D.H. Duco, Van vorstengeschenk tot volksobject; De historie van de porseleinen tabakspijp. Vormen uit Vuur, Mededelingenblad Nederlandse Vrienden van de Ceramiek, /165, 1998. p 35, afb 3. Dit exemplaar (onder). |
| Don Duco, The Turkish mode in porcelain pipes. ParisLe Livre de la Pipe 1999, /, 1999. p 148. Dit exemplaar. |
Exhibition
| Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, zaal, vitrine 7, v.a. 2001. |
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