Museum number:

APM 15.091

Subcollection:

porcelain pipes

Title:

tobacco pipe

Keyword:

breast shield trophy with armory

Description:

Tobacco pipe made of porcelain with chalice-shaped bowl, round bottom and up going stem ending in a stub. Bowl on both sides in relief a weapon trophy with a chest harness on top of which a helmet with feathers and on both sides three lances with banners, a gun barrel at the base and two drums at the bottom. Painting in multicolour, bowl opening and stem with purple shells, bordered with fine gilded rocailles.

Date:

Period 1755 - 1765


Dimensions:

BowlHeight1.97 in (5 cm)
Width1.18 in (3 cm)
StemLength1.18 in (3 cm)
Characteristics
Pipe type stub stemmed pipe
Pipe shape chalice shape
Materialporcelain (ceramic)
Techniqueslip cast
Colourwhite
Finish glazuur, meerkleuren
Traces of use gerookt
Production
ContinentEurope
Region internationalWestern Europe
CountryGermany
Region nationalSaxony
Acquisition
Year 1996
Provenance Parijs, collectie Bertrand Lazard, 1979-1996
Parijs, veilinghuis Nouveau Drouot, 1979
Literature
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 34, afb 1. Dit exemplaar.
Exhibition
Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, zaal, vitrine 7, v.a. 2001.

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