Museum number:

APM 16.033

Subcollection:

smokers' utensils

Title:

pipe box

Keyword:

sawn open sides

Description:

Pipe box in oak with a long rectangular model with upright sides sawn open with a c-volute motif, end-shaped brace-shaped sides with a notch for an oversize pipe. Dovetail joints on the front side, the bottom secured with nails. Coloured with a brownish stain.

Date:

Period 1780 - 1880


Dimensions:

GeneralHeight1.97 in (5 cm)
Width24.21 in (61.5 cm)
Length4.33 in (11 cm)
Characteristics
Materialoak (wood)
Techniquesawn
Colourbrown
Finish beits, was
Traces of use slijtage
Production
ContinentEurope
Region internationalWestern Europe
CountryThe Netherlands
Acquisition
Year 2000
Provenance Rotterdam, Adri van der Meulen
Rotterdam, antiekhandel, 2000
Exhibition
Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, zaal, vitrine 2, v.a. 2001.

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