Museum number:

APM 17.106

Subcollection:

porcelain pipes

Title:

tobacco pipe

Keyword:

standing man sniffing

Description:

Tobacco pipe in porcelain with figural bowl, flat bottom without heel and ascending stem with inconspicuous stub. Bowl standing man on a baseline taking snuff with his right hand to the nose, the left in the waistcoat pocket, dressed in a waistcoat, striped trousers and long coat, a brimmed hat on the head. Polychrome painting.

Date:

Period 1825 - 1850


Dimensions:

BowlHeight3.62 in (9.2 cm)
Width1.46 in (3.7 cm)
StemLength2.56 in (6.5 cm)
Characteristics
Pipe type stub stemmed pipe
Pipe shape figural
Materialporcelain (ceramic)
Techniqueslip cast
Colourwhite
Finish glazuur, meerkleuren
Traces of use gerookt
Production
ContinentEurope
Region internationalWestern Europe
CountryGermany
Acquisition
Year 2003
Provenance Utrecht, Douwe Egberts Pijpenkamer, 1968-2003, nr V802
's-Gravenhage, mevrouw Van Oosten-Grünhagen, 08-04-1968, prijs Dfl. 35,-
Exhibition
Utrecht, Douwe Egberts Pijpenkamer, permanente presentatie, grote vitrine, c. 1970-c. 1995.
Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, zaal, vitrine 7, v.a. 2003.

If you have any comments, suggestions or additions, click here to send us an email