Museum number:
| APM 18.155a |
Subcollection:
| pipes various materials |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| corn cob |
Description:
| Tabakspijp van maiskolf met hoge licht trechtervormige ketel, vlakke bodem, steel van riet op eenderde van de bodem aangezet. |
Date:
| Period | 1880 - 1920 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 2.17 in (5.5 cm) |
| Width | 0.98 in (2.5 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 4.72 in (12 cm) |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | insert pipe |
| Pipe shape | conic |
| Material | corncob (organic material) |
| Technique | turned (on a lathe) |
| Colour | yellow-brown |
| Other materials | reed (organic material) |
| Traces of use | ongerookt |
Production
| Continent | North America |
| Country | United States |
| Region national | Missouri |
| Town | Washington, MO |
Acquisition
| Year | 2006 |
| Provenance | Londen, Peter Tilley |
| Londen, Alfred Dunhill Pipes Limited, 1952-2006 | |
| Londen, Alfred Dunhill, <1940-1952, nr AM7 |
Comments
| Catalogus Christie's South Kensington, Londen, 22-23 May 2006, lot 823, afgebeeld. |
Literature
| Ben Rapaport (Benjamin Rapaport), A complete guide to collecting Antique Pipes. Exton, PA, 1979. p 214. Dit exemplaar (rechts boven in de vitrine Amerika bij Dunhill). |
| Don Duco, De maïskolfpijp, Missouri meerschaum of barnyard briar. Amsterdam, 2008. afb 3. Dit exemplaar. |
Exhibition
| Londen, Dunhill museum, permanente presentatie, vitrine Amerika, c. 1960. |
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