Museum number:

APM 17.096b

Subcollection:

wooden pipes

Title:

tobacco pipe

Keyword:

bust Napoleon

Description:

Tabakspijp van bruyère met figurale ketel, zonder hiel en oplopende insteeksteel. Ketel borstbeeld van Napoleon met tweekante steek, het hoofd naar rechts gericht. Steel links ingeslgen in overhoekse ruit "LLP" waarboven "BRUYERE VERITABLE" en verder "DEPOSE". Oorspronkelijk gebogen buffelhoornen roer met beet.

Date:

Period 1900 - 1930


Dimensions:

BowlHeight2.87 in (7.3 cm)
Width2.4 in (6.1 cm)
StemLength2.36 in (6 cm)
Length total5.12 in (13 cm)
Weight76.5 gram
Characteristics
Pipe type insert pipe
Pipe shape figural
Materialbriar (wood)
Techniquecarved
Colourbrown
Other materialsbuffalo horn (animal material)
Traces of use gerookt
Production
ContinentEurope
Region internationalWestern Europe
CountryFrance
Region nationalJura
TownSaint-Claude
Mark "LLP" (intaglio, tige li.)
"DEPOSE" (intaglio, tige)
Acquisition
Year 2006
Provenance Brussel, antiekmarkt Groot Zavel
Brussel, particulier bezit, <2000-2006

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