Museum number:

APM 16.070

Subcollection:

porcelain pipes

Title:

tobacco pipe

Keyword:

head man with wig

Description:

Tobacco pipe made of porcelain with figural bowl, without heel and straight stem with inconspicuous stub. Bowl head of a man with wig with hair combed back. Stem transition border with black scarf with bow under the chin. Bowl interior of pipe clay.

Date:

Period 1760 - 1770


Dimensions:

BowlHeight1.77 in (4.5 cm)
Width1.54 in (3.9 cm)
StemLength1.18 in (3 cm)
Characteristics
Pipe type stub stemmed pipe
Pipe shape figural
Materialporcelain (ceramic)
Techniquepressed
Colourwhite
Finish glazuur, meerkleuren
Traces of use gerookt
Production
ContinentEurope
Region internationalWestern Europe
CountryGermany
Region nationalBavaria
TownAnsbach
Acquisition
Year 2000
Provenance Heidelberg, veilinghuis Metz, lot 27
Bazel, collectie Haegeli, <1970-2000
Comments
Door de schilder is de staart van de pruik abusievelijk zwart geschilderd.
Literature
Walter Morgenroth, Rund um den Tabak; Sammlung Haegeli, Schweiz 1898-1998. Heidelberg, 2000. p 50, lot 27. Dit exemplaar.
Exhibition
Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, zaal, vitrine 7, v.a. 2001.

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