Museum number:
APM 16.259 |
Subcollection:
porcelain pipes |
Title:
tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
bust Napoleonic soldier |
Description:
Porcelain tobacco pipe with figural bowl, round bottom without heel and ascending stem with narrow stub. Bowl bust Napoleonic soldier with long sideburns and high military cap with the Napoleonic eagle on the front between two bands, a round ball on the edge and small visor, bust with high uniform collar and uniform with epaulettes. Polychrome painting, heightened with silver. Bowl bottom cut away kiln support, decoration of leaf gold lines. |
Date:
Period | 1835 - 1860 |
Dimensions:
Bowl | Height | 3.27 in (8.3 cm) |
Width | 1.77 in (4.5 cm) | |
Stem | Length | 1.38 in (3.5 cm) |
Characteristics
Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
Pipe shape | figural |
Material | porcelain (ceramic) |
Technique | slip cast |
Colour | white |
Finish | glazuur, meerkleuren |
Traces of use | ongerookt |
Production
Continent | Europe |
Region international | Western Europe |
Country | Germany |
Region national | Thuringia (?) |
Acquisition
Year | 2001 |
Provenance | Brussel, Josse Vandersteen, antiquair |
Brussel, veilinghuis, 2000 |
Comments
Uitgebeeld is een buitenvelder van de lichte infanterie van na 1812. |
Exhibition
Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, zaal, vitrine 7, v.a. 2001. |
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