Museum number:
| APM 18.138 |
Subcollection:
| meerschaum pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| calcine, silver mounting |
Description:
| Tabakspijp van meerschuim met billiard ketel, ronde onderzijde zonder hiel en rechte tige. Calciné afwerking met bruinzwart gebrande rand om ketelopening. Oorspronkelijke montage met rond zilveren busje met tweemaal "S.L." en drie zilvermerken (lopende leeuw, stadskeur en jaarletter), barnstenen insteekroer met afgeplatte beet. |
Date:
| Period | 1908 - 1909 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 1.61 in (4.1 cm) |
| Width | 1.14 in (2.9 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 1.97 in (5 cm) |
| Length total | 3.94 in (10 cm) | |
| Weight | 26 gram |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | insert pipe |
| Pipe shape | billiard |
| Material | block meerschaum (stone) |
| Technique | turned (on a lathe) |
| Colour | yellow |
| Other materials | silver (metal), amber (stone) |
| Finish | calciné gebrand |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Continent | Europe |
| Region international | Western Europe |
| Country | England |
| Region national | Cheshire |
| Town | Chester (?) |
| Mark | S.L. (ingeslagen, busje) lopende leeuw (ingeslagen, busje) stadskeur Chester (ingeslagen, busje) H (jaarletter 1908-1909, ingeslagen, busje) |
Acquisition
| Year | 2006 |
| Provenance | Londen, Peter Tilley |
| Londen, Alfred Dunhill Pipes Limited, 1952-2006 | |
| Londen, Alfred Dunhill, 1909-1952, nr B96 |
Comments
| Gerookt door Alfred Dunhill, 1910-1915. |
Literature
| Don Duco, Fabels en feiten over de meerschuim pijp. Amsterdam, 2009. afb 11. Dit exemplaar. |
Exhibition
| München, Dunhill presentatie, sept. 1973 |
| Londen, Dunhill museum, permanente presentatie, vitrine Europa, 1975-c. 1987. |
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