Museum number:

APM 16.590

Subcollection:

clay pipes

Title:

tobacco pipe

Keyword:

bust of wife Edward VII

Description:

Tabakspijp van klei met figurale ketel, zonder hiel en rechte steel met knoop. Ketel borstbeeld koningin met oorgangers en diadeem met stenen, brede barelsnoeren strak om de hals. Steel links in reliëf "RD. NO. 374.642". Steel intaglio "L. FIOLET ST.OMER FRANCE".

Date:

Period 1905 - 1915


Dimensions:

BowlHeight2.17 in (5.5 cm)
Width1.18 in (3 cm)
StemLength4.72 in (12 cm)
Characteristics
Pipe type stem pipe
Pipe shape figural
Materialpipe clay (ceramic)
Techniquepress moulded
Colourred
Traces of use ongerookt
Production
ContinentEurope
Region internationalWestern Europe
CountryFrance
Region nationalPas-de-Calais
TownSaint-Omer
MakerFirme L. Fiolet
Mark "L. FIOLET ST.OMER FRANCE" (intaglio, steel)
"RD.NO. 374.642" (reliëf, steel li.)
Acquisition
Year 2002
Provenance Bristol, The Bristol Auction Rooms, lot 57
Bristol, W.D. & H.O. Wills pipe collection, <1920-2002
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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