Museum number:
APM 17.156 |
Subcollection:
wooden pipes |
Title:
tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
sultan, servant, monogrammed lion |
Description:
Tobacco pipe made of wood with Ulm-shaped cylindrical waisted bowl, round underside without heel and rising stem with vague cuff. Bowl bottom a rib. Bowl interior sheet iron. Mounted with silver valve cover with dome shape with embossed leaf and flower motifs, centrally crowned by a seated sultan, a servant in front of him, the clamping spring an S-shape on which a standing lion holding a coat of arms on which gold initials "JSR". Silver stub ring with band sawed open, plate with engraved leaves on it and stem holder with locking ring in the shape of a standing figure. Bowl ring silver hall marks. |
Date:
Period | 1820 - 1850 |
Dimensions:
Bowl | Height | 3.46 in (8.8 cm) |
Width | 1.65 in (4.2 cm) | |
Stem | Length | 3.15 in (8 cm) |
Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
Pipe shape | Ulm shape |
Material | burl (wood) |
Technique | carved |
Colour | brown |
Other materials | silver (metal) |
Finish | gemonteerd |
Traces of use | gerookt |
Continent | Europe |
Region international | Western Europe |
Country | Germany |
Region national | Baden-Wurttemberg |
Town | Ulm (?) |
Mark | "12" zilvergehalte (ingeslagen, filtrand) |
Year | 2003 |
Provenance | Antwerpen, Kunstveilingen Bernaerts, lot 419 |
Oudenaarde, particulier bezit, <1990-2003 |
Voor het verschijnen van het artikel Schwäbisch oder nicht (2020) werd deze pijpenkop op 1755-1790 gedateerd. |
Don Duco, Schwäbisch oder nicht. Amsterdam, 2020. afb 1. Dit exemplaar. |
De Rijp, Museum In 't Houten Huis, tentoonstelling "In rook vervlogen, vier eeuwen tabaksgebruik", 6 augustus - 19 november 2006. |
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