Museum number:

APM 15.277

Subcollection:

clay pipes

Title:

tobacco pipe

Keyword:

"ORANJE BOVEN" (long live House of Orange)

Description:

Tobacco pipe made of clay with so-called mustard spoon bowl, without heel and S-shaped stem with button end. Bowl front embossed on ribbon "ORANJE BOVEN" (Orange above) with underneath "1813 17 NOVEMBER 1863", underneath two branches with berries, bowl stem side left stick with pennant and two cords with tassels, right stick with flag and two cords with tassels. Stem near bowl band with shells with left "NEDERLAND EN ORANJE" (Netherlands and Orange) and right "ORANJE EN NEDERLAND".

Date:

Vormdatum 1863 -
Year 1863


Dimensions:

BowlHeight1.73 in (4.4 cm)
Width1.3 in (3.3 cm)
StemLength4.53 in (11.5 cm)
Characteristics
Pipe type stem pipe
Pipe shape mustard spoon
Materialpipe clay (ceramic)
Techniquepress moulded
Colourwhite
Traces of use ongerookt
Production
ContinentEurope
Region internationalWestern Europe
CountryThe Netherlands
Region nationalSouth Holland
TownGouda
Acquisition
Year 1998
Provenance Amsterdam, Veilinggebouw De Zwaan, lot 1219
Amsterdam, particulier bezit, <1970-1998
Exhibition
Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, achterkamer, vitrine Gouda, v.a. 2001.

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