Museum number:
| APM 16.058 |
Subcollection:
| porcelain pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| woman with lyre and putto |
Description:
Tobacco pipe made of porcelain with slender stummel bowl, heel and straight insert stem with three incisions. Bowl front handpainted in multi-colored pastel shades inside a standing oval with gold frame a standing woman in Greek robe with winch, a putto for her as Eros with torch. Heel painted in brown maker's mark "T.". Original silver valve cover with tip on the top and bowl rim sawn. |
Date:
| Period | 1815 - 1825 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 5.28 in (13.4 cm) |
| Width | 1.1 in (2.8 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 1.18 in (3 cm) |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | insert pipe |
| Pipe shape | high oval stummel porcelain bowl |
| Material | porcelain (ceramic) |
| Technique | thrown (potters' wheel), slip cast |
| Colour | white |
| Other materials | silver (metal) |
| Finish | glazuur, meerkleuren |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Continent | Europe |
| Region international | Western Europe |
| Country | Germany |
| Region national | Brandenburg |
| Town | Tettau |
| Maker | Porzellanfabrik Tettau |
| Mark | T. (verf, hiel) |
Acquisition
| Year | 2000 |
| Provenance | Heidelberg, veilinghuis Metz, lot 123 |
| Bazel, collectie Haegeli, <1980-2000 |
Literature
| Walter Morgenroth, Rund um den Tabak; Sammlung Haegeli, Schweiz 1898-1998. Heidelberg, 2000. p 102, lot 123. Dit exemplaar. |
Exhibition
| Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, voorkamer, stummelvitrine, 2000-2013. |
| Amsterdam, Amsterdam Pipe Museum, permanente presentatie, voorkamer, stummelvitrine, v.a. 2013. |
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