Museum number:

APM 17.510

Subcollection:

ceramic pipes

Title:

tobacco pipe

Keyword:

face with mask

Description:

Tobacco pipe made of earthenware with figural bowl, underside without marking and slightly rising short stem with stub. Bowl head of a man with inconspicuous hat that forms the bowl opening, simple modeling. Paintings in creamy-white on which the mouth, eyes and eyebrows are set with purple glaze, an ocher mask for the eyes, green glaze stripes on the hat edge. Stem weighted with grunts that suggest a pleated collar, the pleats reinforced with green glaze webs. Printing mould in two parts.

Date:

Period 1720 - 1820


Dimensions:

BowlHeight1.85 in (4.7 cm)
Width1.3 in (3.3 cm)
StemLength1.18 in (3 cm)
Weight50 gram
Characteristics
Pipe type stub stemmed pipe
Pipe shape figural
Materialpottery (ceramic)
Techniquepressed
Colourbrownish red
Finish tinglazuur, meerkleuren
Traces of use ongerookt
Production
ContinentEurope
Region internationalSouth Europe
CountryItaly
Acquisition
Year 2005
Provenance Parijs, Serpette, marché aux puces
Rouen, particuliere collectie, <1983-2004
Literature
Don Duco, Object van de maand. Amsterdam, 2001. april 2005, nr 47. Beknopte bespreking van dit exemplaar.

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