Museum number:
APM 17.105 |
Subcollection:
porcelain pipes |
Title:
tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
hussar with high square hat |
Description:
Tobacco pipe in porcelain with hollow-walled figural bowl, without heel and ascending stem without stub. Bowl head of a hussar or grenadier with long moustache, on the head a high military cap (shako) with four-sided top and drooping tassels, on the front a semicircular shield with rays. Stem transition lapels ascending into two elongated pinnate leaves on either side of the stem. Multi-coloured painting in natural colours, the cap purple, the uniform green, gilding. Stem reinforcement with a silver band with concentric rings. |
Date:
Period | 1820 - 1850 |
Dimensions:
Bowl | Height | 2.52 in (6.4 cm) |
Width | 2.28 in (5.8 cm) | |
Stem | Length | 2.36 in (6 cm) |
Characteristics
Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
Pipe shape | figural |
Material | porcelain (ceramic) |
Technique | printing mould |
Colour | white |
Other materials | silver (metal) |
Finish | glazuur, meerkleuren |
Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
Continent | Europe |
Region international | Western Europe |
Country | Germany |
Region national | Saxony |
Acquisition
Year | 2003 |
Provenance | Utrecht, Bart Lankhorst, Douwe Egberts |
Utrecht, Douwe Egberts Pijpenkamer, <1970-2003, nr 205 |
Exhibition
Utrecht, Douwe Egberts Pijpenkamer, permanente presentatie, c. 1970-c. 1995. |
Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, zaal, vitrine 7, v.a. 2003. |
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