Museum number:

APM 15.137

Subcollection:

ceramic pipes

Title:

tobacco pipe

Keyword:

seated devil with human soul

Description:

Tobacco pipe made of earthenware with figural bowl, without heel and straight stem with smooth stem end. Bowl and stem kneeling devil with grotesque head and pointy ears turned away from the smoker, a red scaly robe, the arms folded in front of the chest, in which a head, the soul of a human being, left leg is the pipe stem. Print mould in two parts.

Date:

Period 1825 - 1850


Dimensions:

BowlHeight4.13 in (10.5 cm)
Width1.93 in (4.9 cm)
StemLength2.17 in (5.5 cm)
Characteristics
Pipe type stem pipe
Pipe shape figural
Materialpottery (ceramic)
Techniqueprinting mould
Colouryellowish white
Finish glazuur, meerkleuren
Traces of use gerookt
Production
ContinentEurope
Region internationalWestern Europe
CountryEngland
Region nationalStaffordshire
TownStafford
Acquisition
Year 1996
Provenance Parijs, collectie Bertrand Lazard, 1982-1996
Brussel, Josse Vandersteen, antiquair, 1982
Comments
Stichting Pijpenkabinet, ansichtkaart.
Diederik Swarte, 'Amsterdam Pijpenkabinet to open its doors', Pipe, Vol 6 - II, 1997, p 9. Dit exemplaar.
Exhibition
Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, zaal, vitrine 8, v.a. 2001.

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