Museum number:

APM 15.637

Subcollection:

meerschaum pipes

Title:

tobacco pipe

Keyword:

sitting dog

Description:

Tobacco pipe made of meerschaum with cylindrical Hungarian bowl, round bottom without heel and rising stem with stub. Bowl undecorated. Mounting with gilded silver lid with sawn edge with alternating diamond shapes and dots, flat top on which a sitting dog, gilded silver stub ring with stem holder and large support eye. Lid and cuff ring each three silver marks. Original stem of wood with twisted piece inlaid with copper and a hexagonal piece with intarsia woodwork, buttons and limp, stem end with snap button. Original security cord with two tassels in three colours with flat top of braided silver wire.

Date:

Period 1820 - 1850


Dimensions:

BowlHeight6.3 in (16 cm)
Width2.13 in (5.4 cm)
StemLength3.54 in (9 cm)
Length total37.01 in (94 cm)
Characteristics
Pipe type stub stemmed pipe
Pipe shape Hungarian
Materialmeerschaum (block) (stone)
Techniquecarved
Colouryellow-brown
Other materialssilver (metal), buffalo horn (animal material), wood
Oher techniquesgilt
Finish gemonteerd
Traces of use gerookt
Production
ContinentEurope
Region internationalWestern Europe
CountryGermany (?)
Mark veld met stippen (ingeslagen, filtring, steelhouder)
CC (ingeslagen, filtring, steelhouder)
kruis in schild (ingeslagen, filtring, steelhouder)
Acquisition
Year 1999
Provenance Hertsberge, collectie Hugo Perquy, c. 1982-1999
Exhibition
Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, zaal, vitrine 5, v.a. 2001.

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