Museum number:
| APM 16.585 |
Subcollection:
| clay pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| standing negro slave with basket |
Description:
| Tabakspijp van klei met figurale ketel, hielmarkering en rechte steel. Ketel in hoogreliëf een mand gedragen door een staande neger in de steel uitgebeeld, het hoof vormt de hielmarkering. Schilderemail in roze, wit en zwart. Steel afgebroken met montage met messing busje met concentrische ringen en benen mondstuk. |
Date:
| Period | 1855 - 1865 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 1.85 in (4.7 cm) |
| Width | 1.1 in (2.8 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 4.13 in (10.5 cm) |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stem pipe |
| Pipe shape | figural |
| Material | pipe clay (ceramic) |
| Technique | press moulded |
| Colour | white |
| Other materials | animal bone (animal material), brass (metal) |
| Finish | email, drie kleuren |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Continent | Europe |
| Region international | Western Europe |
| Country | France |
| Region national | Pas-de-Calais |
| Town | Saint-Omer |
| Maker | Firme L. Fiolet |
Acquisition
| Year | 2002 |
| Provenance | Bristol, The Bristol Auction Rooms, lot 8 |
| Bristol, W.D. & H.O. Wills pipe collection, <1920-2002 |
Comments
| Fairholt, 1859, p 189 beeldt deze pijp af met als bijschrift: A negro carrying a basket affords a very simple and pleasing motif for one design from Fiolet's establishment; and appears to have originated in a desire to give the smoker a share in spreading the universal popularity of the American novel by Mrs. Beecher Stowe - Uncle Tom's Cabin - whose principal character is thus impersonated at his labour. |
Literature
| Don Duco, Object van de maand. Amsterdam, 2001. oktober 2002, nr 17. Beknopte bespreking van dit exemplaar. |
Exhibition
| Presentatie W.D. & H.O. Wills Hartcliffe Factory, Bristol, 1974-1990. |
| Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, zaal, vitrine 4, v.a. 2002. |
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