Museum number:
| APM 15.300 |
Subcollection:
| excavated pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| "WELKOM IN GVINE", three-master |
Description:
| Tobacco pipe made of clay with oval Gouda bowl, heel and straight stem. Bowl opening milling. Bowl left embossed the arms of the West India Company consisting of a crowned shield with the WGC monogram, the coat of arms of the towns of Middelburg, Veere and Vlissingen in a frame of scrollwork and curly acanthus leaves, an angel's head on the base. Bowl right West Indies sailing ship with three masts. Under the decoration straight ribbon with "WELKOM OP GUINEE". |
Date:
| Period | 1730 - 1740 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 1.85 in (4.7 cm) |
| Width | 0.87 in (2.2 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 1.38 in (3.5 cm) |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stem pipe |
| Pipe shape | oval |
| Material | pipe clay (ceramic) |
| Technique | press moulded |
| Colour | white |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Continent | Europe |
| Region international | Western Europe |
| Country | The Netherlands |
| Region national | South Holland |
| Town | Gouda |
| Maker | Reijnier Blom |
| Mark | 46 ongekroond (stempel, hiel) |
Acquisition
| Year | 1998 |
| Provenance | Amersfoort, collectie Piet Tengnagel, 1984-1998 |
| Hilversum, collectie René Hogguer, 1978-1984 | |
| Excavation site | Amsterdam-Bijlmermeer, aangevoerde grond, 1978 |
Comments
| De afkorting GWC staat voor Geoctroyeerde Westindische Compagnie, met Guinee wordt Guinee in West-Afrika bedoeld. Stichting Pijpenkabinet, ansichtkaart. |
Literature
| Don Duco, The ubiquitos clay pipe. ParisThe Pipe Year Book 2001, /, 2001. p 53. Dit exemplaar. |
| Niels Gustav Bardenfleth, Kridtpiber og kridtpiberygning. Copenhagen, 2002. p 144. Dit exemplaar. |
| Don Duco, Hoogtepunten uit het Amsterdam Pipe Museum. Amsterdam, 2020. hoofdstuk: Tabakspijp voor de West-Indische Compagnie. Dit exemplaar. |
| Don Duco, aaaDe Nederlandse kleipijp, handboek voor het determineren. Amsterdam, 2024. hfst 4, p , afb 269. Dit exemplaar. Hfst 5, p , afb 205. Dit exemplaar. |
Exhibition
| Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, achterkamer, vitrine bodemvondsten, v.a. 2001. |
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