Museum number:

APM 15.769

Subcollection:

porcelain pipes

Title:

tobacco pipe

Keyword:

flower bouquet, seed beads

Description:

Tobacco pipe made of porcelain with pear-shaped bowl, round base and rising stem with stub. Bowl front handpainted bouquet with three roses in yellow and purple, the sides with leafwork and some smaller flowers. Under the bowl opening geometric band in rococo style in gold leaf. Bowl rear and stem flowers. Original mounting with silver lid with serrated edge, open sawn flap with suns and leaves, a leaf pattern on the closure and an embossed flower centred on the lid. Silver cuff ring with serrated edge and lock chain with locking ring. Originally turned buffalo horn stem with thickened part, disc shape and curved mouthpiece with button.

Date:

Period 1755 - 1765


Dimensions:

BowlHeight2.13 in (5.4 cm)
Width1.18 in (3 cm)
StemLength1.77 in (4.5 cm)
Characteristics
Pipe type stub stemmed pipe
Pipe shape pear shape
Materialporcelain (ceramic)
Techniquepressed
Colourwhite
Other materialssilver (metal), buffalo horn (animal material)
Finish glazuur, meerkleuren
Traces of use gerookt
Production
ContinentEurope
Region internationalWestern Europe
CountryGermany
Region nationalLower Saxony
TownFürstenberg
MakerFürstenberg Porzellanmanufaktur
Acquisition
Year 1999
Provenance Amsterdam, Veilinggebouw De Zwaan, lot 1248
Amsterdam, particulier bezit, c. 1965-1999
Exhibition
Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, zaal, vitrine 7, v.a. 2001.

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