Museum number:
| APM 15.145 |
Subcollection:
| ceramic pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| fish with opened mouth, braided stem |
Description:
Tobacco pipe made of stoneware with funnel shape bowl, without heel and knotted stem with smooth cut of mouthpiece. Bowl base embossed fish head with open mouth. Stem knotted with four long loops through four short rounds. Stoneware on the top covered with brown-tinted salt glaze. |
Date:
| Period | 1780 - 1840 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 1.97 in (5 cm) |
| Width | 1.02 in (2.6 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 8.07 in (20.5 cm) |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stem pipe |
| Pipe shape | funnel shape |
| Material | stoneware (ceramic) |
| Technique | hand-formed |
| Colour | gray brown |
| Finish | zoutglazuur, bruin |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Continent | Europe |
| Region international | Western Europe |
| Country | England |
| Region national | Cumbria |
| Town | Brampton (?) |
Acquisition
| Year | 1996 |
| Provenance | Parijs, collectie Bertrand Lazard, 1986-1996 |
| Brussel, Josse Vandersteen, antiquair, c. 1986 |
Exhibition
| Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, zaal, vitrine 8, v.a. 2001. |
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