Museum number:

APM 16.074

Subcollection:

porcelain pipes

Title:

tobacco pipe

Keyword:

"AMOR", flower painting

Description:

Tobacco pipe of porcelain with vase-shaped bowl with slightly protruding bowl opening and weighted bowl base, round underside and rising stem with stub. Bowl bottom underside in light relief. Painting in multicolour on the upper half between two concentric bands in orange with black standing stripes and a lying oval with a frame in which a shield with "AMOR". Bowl bottom painting of vertical garlands of a twig with a rose. Stem gold leaf. Original mounting with gilded bronze flap cover with embossed oval on top with portrait of a Greek man with beard and cuff ring with locking ring.

Date:

Period 1820 - 1830


Dimensions:

BowlHeight3.07 in (7.8 cm)
Width1.54 in (3.9 cm)
StemLength1.57 in (4 cm)
Characteristics
Pipe type stub stemmed pipe
Pipe shape vase shape
Materialporcelain (ceramic)
Techniqueslip cast
Colourwhite
Other materialsgilt bronze (metal)
Finish glazuur, meerkleuren
Traces of use gerookt
Production
ContinentEurope
Region internationalWestern Europe
CountryGermany
Region nationalBavaria
TownElbogen
Maker Manufaktur Elbogen
Acquisition
Year 2000
Provenance Heidelberg, veilinghuis Metz, lot 23
Bazel, collectie Haegeli, <1980-2000
Literature
Walter Morgenroth, Rund um den Tabak; Sammlung Haegeli, Schweiz 1898-1998. Heidelberg, 2000. p 48, lot 23. Dit exemplaar.
Exhibition
Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, zaal, vitrine 7, v.a. 2001.

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