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:

BowlHeight2.24 in (5.7 cm)
Width1.42 in (3.6 cm)
StemLength2.36 in (6 cm)
Length total6.1 in (15.5 cm)
Weight43.5 gram
Characteristics
Pipe type stub stemmed pipe
Pipe shape oval shape
Materialbriar (wood)
Techniquemilled
Colourbrown
Other materialssilver (metal), buffalo horn, animal bone (animal material)
Finish gepolijst
Traces of use gerookt
Production
ContinentEurope
Region internationalWestern Europe
CountryFrance
Region nationalLorraine
TownMetz
MakerButz-Choquin
Trade number 1
Trade name origine
Mark "BUTZ-CHOQUIN A METZ" (intaglio, tige li.)
Acquisition
Year 2003
Provenance Parijs, Serpette, marché aux puces
Parijs, particulier bezit, <1990-2003

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