Museum number:
| APM 17.286 |
Subcollection:
| wooden pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| mounting with bird bone stem with silver |
Description:
| Tabakspijp van bruyère met ovaalvorm ketel, puntige onderzijde zonder markering en oplopende insteeksteel. Tige links intaglio "BUTZ-CHOQUIN A METZ". Roer met albatrosbot tussenstuk en hoornen mondstuk met afgeplat eind en knoop. Zilveren bandjes om steeleind en roeraanzet met parelfilet en graveringen. |
Date:
| Period | 1880 - 1910 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 2.24 in (5.7 cm) |
| Width | 1.42 in (3.6 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 2.36 in (6 cm) |
| Length total | 6.1 in (15.5 cm) | |
| Weight | 43.5 gram |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
| Pipe shape | oval shape |
| Material | briar (wood) |
| Technique | milled |
| Colour | brown |
| Other materials | silver (metal), buffalo horn, animal bone (animal material) |
| Finish | gepolijst |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Continent | Europe |
| Region international | Western Europe |
| Country | France |
| Region national | Lorraine |
| Town | Metz |
| Maker | Butz-Choquin |
| Trade number | 1 |
| Trade name | origine |
| Mark | "BUTZ-CHOQUIN A METZ" (intaglio, tige links) |
Acquisition
| Year | 2003 |
| Provenance | Parijs, Serpette, marché aux puces |
| Parijs, particulier bezit, <1990-2003 |
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