Museum number:
APM 15.109b |
Subcollection:
porcelain pipes |
Title:
tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
seated guitar player |
Description:
Tobacco pipe made of porcelain with figural bowl, flat bottom and rising stem with stub. Bowl a sitting man on a tree trunk with guitar, the head is the lid of the pipe. Lid ring missing. Painted in natural colours with a green jacket, a yellow and brown tree trunk. |
Date:
Period | 1830 - 1880 |
Dimensions:
Bowl | Height | 3.62 in (9.2 cm) |
Width | 1.65 in (4.2 cm) | |
Stem | Length | 1.57 in (4 cm) |
Weight | 78 gram |
Characteristics
Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
Pipe shape | figural |
Material | porcelain (ceramic) |
Technique | slip cast |
Colour | white |
Finish | glazuur, meerkleuren |
Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
Continent | Europe |
Region international | Western Europe |
Country | Germany |
Acquisition
Year | 2005 |
Provenance | Brussel, antiekwinkel Groot Zavel |
Brussel, antiekhandel, c. 2000 |
Comments
Dekseltje met een kurkje waarin een spelt vastgezet. |
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