Museum number:

APM 16.475

Subcollection:

wooden pipes

Title:

tobacco pipe

Keyword:

inscriptions of students

Description:

Tobacco pipe made of wood (loup) with flattened bag-shaped bowl, without heel and rising stem with stub. Along the bowl front and under the stem a line with "CURE MERIMER (?) STUD.JURIS. CURONUS.". Bowl and  stem engraved with names of persons. The interior of the bowl lined with press meerschaum. Stem of buffalo horn with flexible part (later date). Bowl left text: "C.GELAESER, N.ZIEGLER, J. KIENITZ, E. PROCH, C. BRINCKER, F. REICHWALD, O. RICHTER I II, MIRBACH, A. KUPFFER, J.WEUKIRCH, R. TILING, W TILING, J. SCHIEMANN, CV BECK, EW DAVID, BIDDER, G. DIEDERICHS, ROSENBRGH, KARPIENSKY, MEIJER .., JURGENSSEN, RAISON I II III IV, J. KALMEIJER, R CHULZ, KRUEGER I, II, BERG, STEUDING , JL BACH, FRIEDLIEB, H. BLAESE, KITTER, CV SACKEN (etc.)" further square in which two crossed swords and "CURONIA SEI S PANIER" and crossed swords with initials and "1829 JAN 3" and crossed pistols with initials and "1827 MY 28". Ditto bowl right: "O. WATSON, BEUTHNERR, C. TRAUWETTER, HOLTZHAUSEN, RUMEL I & II, EV RUMEL, BILTERLING I & II, PANTENIUS, HUEBSCHMANN, AV SCHMIDT, C. SCHIRMANN, E. HACSS, WALTER I & II, BLUMENTHAL, T. KUPPFER, A. BACH, C. WAEBER, C. HASSE, N. KADE, GILBERT, LG ZIMERMANN, WOLSKI, BOLSCHVINGGROTTHUSS, WILDE, HEYNE, GREGOIRE, BAUER, CONRADI, BALANDIN, UCKERMANN, GF GRIEBEL, SCHFEMIE, ENDERSENN, FW ZIMMERMANN, KRAJEWSKI, HENCKHUSEN, A. GOERTZ, E. NEANDER, V. HAHN I II, RAHDEN, (etc.) ".

Date:

Period 1825 - 1830


Dimensions:

BowlHeight3.94 in (10 cm)
Width2.56 in (6.5 cm)
StemLength2.76 in (7 cm)
Characteristics
Pipe type stub stemmed pipe
Pipe shape bag shape
Materialwood
Techniquecarved
Colourbrown
Other materialsblock meerschaum (stone)
Finish gegraveerd
Traces of use gerookt
Production
ContinentEurope
Region internationalWestern Europe
CountryGermany
Region nationalBaden-Wurttemberg
TownUlm
Acquisition
Year 2002
Provenance Parijs, veilinghuis Nouveau Drouot, lot 206
Comments
Mamy veronderstelt Heidelberg als plaats van gebruik.
Literature
André-Paul Bastien, La pipe. Paris, 1973. afb 88. Dit exemplaar.
André-Paul Bastien, Von der Schönheit der Pfeife. Munich, 1976. afb 89. Dit exemplaar. Bijschrift: Pistolen, gekreutzte Säbel und viele Signaturen: eine typische deutsche Studentenpfeife.
Exhibition
Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, voorkamer, kabinetkast, 2002-2013.
Amsterdam, Amsterdam Pipe Museum, permanente presentatie, voorkamer, kabinetkast, v.a. 2013.

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