Museum number:
APM 15.100 |
Subcollection:
porcelain pipes |
Title:
tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
head man with helmet with chin strap |
Description:
Tobacco pipe made of porcelain with hollow-walled figural bowl, without heel and rising stem without stub. Bowl the head of a hussar with thin mustache and convex helmet with small flap at the front and braided chin strap, helmet front plume with feathers. Porcelain valve cover on which sitting animal. Stem end embossed leaf motif with incised edges. Painting in natural colours, the matt cobalt blue helmet, the stem partly sky blue with green leaves. Original fitting of brass lid ring and cuff strap with locking eye. |
Date:
Period | 1820 - 1880 |
Dimensions:
Bowl | Height | 3.54 in (9 cm) |
Width | 1.85 in (4.7 cm) | |
Stem | Length | 1.57 in (4 cm) |
Characteristics
Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
Pipe shape | figural |
Material | porcelain (ceramic) |
Technique | slip cast |
Colour | white |
Other materials | brass (metal) |
Finish | glazuur, meerkleuren |
Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
Continent | Europe |
Region international | Western Europe |
Country | Germany (?) |
Acquisition
Year | 1996 |
Provenance | Parijs, collectie Bertrand Lazard, 1992-1996 |
Parijs, veilinghuis Nouveau Drouot, 1992 |
Exhibition
Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, zaal, vitrine 7, v.a. 2001. |
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