Museum number:
APM 15.085 |
Subcollection:
porcelain pipes |
Title:
tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
bust Pierrot |
Description:
Tobacco pipe made of porcelain with figural bowl, without heel and slightly rising stem without stub. Bowl head of a player of the Commedia dell'Arte (paljas or Pierrot) with hat with wavy edge, the front standing upright on a scarf with bow on the forehead. Bowl base narrow sides ruff on a smooth circular bust. Bowl underside symmetrically arranged leaves and toothed edges. Painting in natural colours with a thin purple hat edge and multicolour and gilding on the leaves. Original silver clamp lid with dome shape with cut edge and pierced with heart, clover, diamond and shovel motif, double chained lock chain on a silver stem cuff. |
Date:
Period | 1760 - 1775 |
Dimensions:
Bowl | Height | 2.6 in (6.6 cm) |
Width | 1.65 in (4.2 cm) | |
Stem | Length | 1.97 in (5 cm) |
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 |
Continent | Europe |
Region international | Western Europe |
Country | Germany |
Region national | Bavaria |
Town | Nymphenburg |
Maker #1 | Nymphenburg |
Continent | Europe |
Region international | Western Europe |
Country | Germany |
Region national | Bavaria |
Town | Nymphenburg |
Maker #2 | Franz Anton Bustelli (?) |
Year | 1996 |
Provenance | Parijs, collectie Bertrand Lazard, 1989-1996 |
Parijs, Denise Corbier, 1989 |
Walter Morgenroth, Tabakspfeifen sammeln, Kunstwerke in Porzellan, München 1989, Abb 97. Nach der Nymphenburger Inventarisliste vom Jahre 1757 wurden die "Tabackköpfe mit Hüten" sicher von dem Figuristen Franz Anton Bustelli hergestelt. Zie: afb 98. Stichting Pijpenkabinet, ansichtkaart, 1998. |
D.H. Duco (Don Duco), Van vorstengeschenk tot volksobject; De historie van de porseleinen tabakspijp. Vormen uit Vuur, Mededelingenblad Nederlandse Vrienden van de Ceramiek, /165, 1998. p 36, afb 5. Dit exemplaar. |
Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, zaal, vitrine 7, v.a. 2001. |
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