Museum number:
| APM 15.714 |
Subcollection:
| meerschaum pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| Napoleon on horseback |
Description:
Tobacco pipe made of meerschaum with cylindrical bowl with outstanding bowl opening, round base without heel and ascending stem widening to cuff, a band or bridge fom the stub to the bowl half height. Bowl front carved to the left Napoleon on horseback with a standing soldier with a raised gun in front. Mounting with silver valve cover with wide flat bowl rim and cylindrical valve with holes and stamped bands in relief of floral motifs and leaves, s-shaped clamp spring. Bowl opening silver hall mark "IU", unreadable mark and Dutch control stamp "ZI". Silver cuff band, cut open at the top of the bridge. |
Date:
| Period | 1830 - 1850 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 4.8 in (12.2 cm) |
| Width | 2.48 in (6.3 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 3.94 in (10 cm) |
| Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
| Pipe shape | cylindrical |
| Material | block meerschaum (stone) |
| Technique | carved |
| Colour | ivory white |
| Other materials | silver (metal) |
| Finish | gemonteerd |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
| Continent | Europe |
| Region international | Central Europe |
| Country | Austria |
| Region national | Vienna (province) |
| Town | Vienna (?) |
| Mark | IU (meesterteken, ingeslagen, dekselrand) "ZI" (herkeur) (ingeslagen, dekselrand) |
| Year | 1999 |
| Provenance | Amsterdam, veilinghuis Sotheby's, lot 332 |
| Antwerpen, collectie S.A.C. Begeer, <1980-1998 |
| De omgaande ring over de steel is van een wonderlijke imperfectie omdat deze niet rond is, dit houdt verband met de brug tussen manchet en steel die doorgaand draaiwerk onmogelijk maakt. |
| Don Duco, Fabels en feiten over de meerschuim pijp. Amsterdam, 2009. afb 35. Dit exemplaar. |
| Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, zaal, vitrine 5, v.a. 2001. |
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