Museum number:
| APM 15.640 |
Subcollection:
| meerschaum pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| swirling lines, three snakes |
Description:
Tobacco pipe made of meerschaum with Ulm shaped two-sided flattened shape with slender oval bowl, without heel and rising stem without stub. Bowl profile cut into swirling lines where a circulating line from the bowl runs through the stub to the bottom of the pipe and makes a curl there. Mounting with silver valve cover with convex top with button, s-shaped clamp spring and simple cuff ring. Silver marks on lid ring with "MAY" and "23". Original buffalo horn stem with conical centrepiece with three snakes with eyes of white beads, flat disc with round snake with circular eyes and bent stem end met mouthpiece. Security cord in green with two balls. |
Date:
| Period | 1850 - 1880 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 5.08 in (12.9 cm) |
| Width | 1.22 in (3.1 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 3.15 in (8 cm) |
| Length total | 11.42 in (29 cm) |
| Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
| Pipe shape | Ulm shape |
| Material | meerschaum (block) (stone) |
| Technique | carved |
| Colour | yellow-brown |
| Other materials | silver (metal), buffalo horn (animal material) |
| Finish | gemonteerd |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
| Continent | Europe |
| Region international | Central Europe |
| Country | Austria (?) |
| Year | 1999 |
| Provenance | Hertsberge, collectie Hugo Perquy, 1987-1999 |
| Brussel, antiekhandel, 1987, prijs Bfr. 7.000 (Dfl. 385,-) |
| Merkstempel lijkt op een merkteken voor onechte metalen uit Oostenrijk-Hongarije tussen 1872 en 1922.Afgebeeld in Pipe, the worldwide pipe smoker's magazine, vol 11, 2000, p 50. Dit exemplaar. Famous Pipes, Pipes Célèbres, Pipas Famosas, Pipe, Vol. 11 - I, 2000, p 50. Dit exemplaar. |
| Don Duco, Fabels en feiten over de meerschuim pijp. Amsterdam, 2009. afb 40. Dit exemplaar. |
| Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, voorkamer, kabinetkast, 1999-2003, zaal, vitrine 5, 2003-2013. |
| Amsterdam, Amsterdam Pipe Museum, permanente presentatie, zaal, vitrine 5, v.a. 2013. |
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