Museum number:

APM 16.574

Subcollection:

ceramic pipes

Title:

cigar pipe

Keyword:

bust Michelangelo

Description:

Sigarenhouder van porselein met figurale ketel, zonder hiel en korte rechte steel. Ketel de roker aankijkend borstbeeld van Michelangelo met lange baard. Messing steelmontage met vernauwde steelhouder en borgoog.

Date:

Period 1850 - 1880


Dimensions:

BowlHeight1.34 in (3.4 cm)
Width0.75 in (1.9 cm)
StemLength0.39 in (1 cm)
Weight10.5 gram
Characteristics
Pipe type stub stemmed pipe
Pipe shape figural
Materialporcelain (ceramic)
Techniqueslip cast
Colourgreyish white
Other materialsbrass (metal)
Traces of use gerookt
Production
ContinentEurope
Region internationalWestern Europe
CountryGermany
Region nationalThuringia (?)
Acquisition
Year 2002
Provenance Bristol, The Bristol Auction Rooms, lot 574
Bristol, W.D. & H.O. Wills pipe collection, <1920-2002
Comments
Of is dit een Griekse filosoof ?
Literature
Don Duco, Rondom siderolith, tussen fijnaardewerk en protoporselein. Amsterdam, 2018. afb 64. Dit exemplaar.
Exhibition
Presentatie W.D. & H.O. Wills Hartcliffe Factory, Bristol, 1974-1990.

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