Museum number:

APM 17.089

Subcollection:

wooden pipes

Title:

tobacco pipe

Keyword:

double bowl

Description:

Tobacco pipe made of wood with two side by side high cylindrical slightly conical bowls, at the foot becoming a single ascending stem with cuff. Base of both pipe bowls embossed shell motif of three flutes. Stem debossed right into rectangle with beveled top corners mark "ML ULM". Original identical valve covers made of silver with a sawn open valve and a central ball-shaped button, clamping spring with double curl as closure. Lid edge silver hallmarks. Original buffalo horn stem with conical piece with concentric rings, twisted knot and bullet disc, long flexible part and stem end with knots.

Date:

Period 1820 - 1850


Dimensions:

BowlHeight4.49 in (11.4 cm)
Width1.38 in (3.5 cm)
StemLength2.17 in (5.5 cm)
Length total15.75 in (40 cm)
Characteristics
Pipe type stub stemmed pipe
Pipe shape cylindrical
Materialburl (wood)
Techniquecarved
Colourbrown
Other materialssilver (metal), buffalo horn (animal material)
Finish gemonteerd
Traces of use gerookt
Production
ContinentEurope
Region internationalWestern Europe
CountryGermany
Region nationalBaden-Wurttemberg
TownUlm
MakerMartin Leibinger
Mark "ML ULM" (ingeslagen, steel re.)
zilvermerken (dekselrand)
Acquisition
Year 2003
Provenance Utrecht, Bart Lankhorst, Douwe Egberts
Utrecht, Douwe Egberts Pijpenkamer, 1963-2003, nr 414
Zeist, G. de Kruijff, antiquair, 1960-1963
Zeist, collectie Henk van der Hoef, <1950-1960
Exhibition
Utrecht, Douwe Egberts Pijpenkamer, permanente presentatie, grote vitrine, c. 1970-c. 1995.
Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, voorkamer, kabinetkast, 2003-2013.
Amsterdam, Amsterdam Pipe Museum, permanente presentatie, voorkamer, kabinetkast, v.a. 2013.

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