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:

BowlHeight2.52 in (6.4 cm)
Width2.28 in (5.8 cm)
StemLength2.36 in (6 cm)
Characteristics
Pipe type stub stemmed pipe
Pipe shape figural
Materialporcelain (ceramic)
Techniqueprinting mould
Colourwhite
Other materialssilver (metal)
Finish glazuur, meerkleuren
Traces of use gerookt
Production
ContinentEurope
Region internationalWestern Europe
CountryGermany
Region nationalSaxony
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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