Museum number:

APM 15.656

Subcollection:

pipes various materials

Title:

tobacco pipe

Keyword:

shell with valve cover

Description:

Tobacco pipe made of shell with naturalistic bowl in a tropical shell with shiny mother-of-pearl stains, bowl with silver lid with concentric rings and roughened ring, stem insert of silver. Original mounting with black buffalo horn stem with ivory core and twisted horn,bouthpiece with three knots. Locking cord in green with two balls.

Date:

Period 1780 - 1830


Dimensions:

BowlHeight2.01 in (5.1 cm)
Width2.44 in (6.2 cm)
StemLength1.18 in (3 cm)
Length total6.1 in (15.5 cm)
Characteristics
Pipe type stub stemmed pipe
Pipe shape figural
Materialshell (animal material)
Techniqueunprocessed, mounted
Colourbrown
Other materialsbuffalo horn (animal material), silver (metal)
Finish gemonteerd
Traces of use gerookt
Production
ContinentEurope
Region internationalWestern Europe
CountryFrance (?)
Acquisition
Year 1999
Provenance Hertsberge, collectie Hugo Perquy, c. 1988-1999
Frankrijk, antiekhandel, 1988, prijs Ffr. 1.100 (Dfl. 350,-)
Exhibition
Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, voorkamer, kabinetkast, 1999-2013.
Amsterdam, Amsterdam Pipe Museum, permanente presentatie, voorkamer, kabinetkast, v.a. 2013.

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