Museum number:

APM 15.092

Subcollection:

porcelain pipes

Title:

tobacco pipe

Keyword:

cameo with male head with medium length hair

Description:

Tobacco pipe made of porcelain with empire shape consisting of a pentagonal pear shaped vase with pointed bottom formed by a button of three pentagons and ascending octagonal stem with narrow stub band. Bowl front an elevated oval with black background in which in biscuit a cameo representing a male head turned to the left with medium length hair and bust with garment weavers. Bowl painted green with on both sides a semi-circular savings field with bouquet of roses surrounded by leaves. Filt purple. Gilt on the edges and bottom button. Original brass valve cover with five-sided elevation and ball topped.

Date:

Period 1810 - 1825


Dimensions:

BowlHeight3.74 in (9.5 cm)
Width1.61 in (4.1 cm)
StemLength1.97 in (5 cm)
Characteristics
Pipe type stub stemmed pipe
Pipe shape vase shape
Materialporcelain (ceramic)
Techniqueslip cast
Colourwhite
Other materialsbrass (metal)
Finish glazuur, meerkleuren
Traces of use gerookt
Production
ContinentEurope
Region internationalWestern Europe
CountryFrance (?)
Acquisition
Year 1996
Provenance Parijs, collectie Bertrand Lazard, 1975-1996
Parijs, antiekwinkel rue de Boone, 1975
Exhibition
Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, zaal, vitrine 7, v.a. 2001.

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