Museum number:
| APM 15.106 |
Subcollection:
| porcelain pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| bust crown prince |
Description:
Tobacco pipe made of porcelain with figural bowl, without heel and rising stem with thin stub. Bowl bust prince with moustache and flat cap with yellow band, bust with military uniform with cross in the centre. Bowl bottom three stylized leaves on which intaglio stamp with "15" and "GESETZLICH GESCHUTZT". Biscuit porcelain or parian ware with multi-coloured painting. Bowl internally transparent glaze. |
Date:
| Period | 1860 - 1900 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 3.46 in (8.8 cm) |
| Width | 2.13 in (5.4 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 2.36 in (6 cm) |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
| Pipe shape | figural |
| Material | porcelain, parian ware (ceramic) |
| Technique | slip cast |
| Colour | white |
| Finish | glazuur, meerkleuren |
| Traces of use | ongerookt |
Production
| Continent | Europe |
| Region international | Western Europe |
| Country | Germany |
| Trade number | 15 |
| Mark | "GESETZLICH GESCHUTZT" (intaglio, steel oz.) |
Acquisition
| Year | 1996 |
| Provenance | Parijs, collectie Bertrand Lazard, 1989-1996 |
| Parijs, Denise Corbier, 1989 |
Exhibition
| Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, zaal, vitrine 7, v.a. 2001. |
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