Museum number:
| APM 16.578 |
Subcollection:
| ceramic pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| bust knight with helmet |
Description:
| Tabakspijp van aardewerk, zogenaamde siderolith met holwandige figurale ketel, zonder hiel en oplopende steel met manchet. Steel onderzijde borgoog. Ketel borstbeeld ridder met snor en baard, een helm met geopende vizier, rond de helm rozetten en bladmotieven, borstbeeld met rechthoekige harnas. Steel onderzijde intaglio modelnummer "150". Crème ceramiek, met goud gehoogd. |
Date:
| Period | 1840 - 1870 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 3.39 in (8.6 cm) |
| Width | 2.17 in (5.5 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 2.36 in (6 cm) |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
| Pipe shape | figural |
| Material | pottery, siderolith (ceramic) |
| Technique | slip cast |
| Colour | creamy |
| Finish | verf, bronsgoud |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Continent | Europe |
| Region international | Western Europe |
| Country | Germany |
| Region national | Thuringia |
| Town | Ruhla (?) |
| Trade number | 150 |
Acquisition
| Year | 2002 |
| Provenance | Bristol, The Bristol Auction Rooms, lot 446 |
| Bristol, W.D. & H.O. Wills pipe collection, <1920-2002 |
Literature
| Don Duco, Rondom siderolith, tussen fijnaardewerk en protoporselein. Amsterdam, 2018. afb 20. Dit exemplaar. |
Exhibition
| Presentatie W.D. & H.O. Wills Hartcliffe Factory, Bristol, 1974-1990. |
| Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, zaal, vitrine 8, v.a. 2002. |
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