Museum number:

APM 16.938b

Subcollection:

smokers' utensils

Title:

spark catcher

Keyword:

braided brass wire

Description:

Pijpendop of vonkenvanger van messingdraad met koepelvorm van kunstvlechtwerk met vier perken waarin velden van aaneengeschakeld vlechtwerk, golvende onderrand. Borgketting met borgoog.

Date:

Period 1850 - 1900


Dimensions:

GeneralLength6.5 in (16.5 cm)
Diameter1.26 in (3.2 cm)
Characteristics
Materialbrass wire (metal)
Techniquebraided
Colouryellow-brown
Traces of use geen
Production
ContinentEurope
Region internationalWestern Europe
CountryThe Netherlands
Acquisition
Year 2003
Provenance 's-Hertogenbosch, Ruud van Thiel
Utrecht, Douwe Egberts Pijpenkamer, <1960-2003

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