Museum number:
APM 18.475 |
Subcollection:
ceramic pipes |
Title:
tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
standing women |
Description:
Tobacco pipe made of earthenware with a strongly flattened oval shape, round underside and rising stem widening into a stub. Bowl left in relief two standing women in pleated robes, the left one with a cornucopia with fruits, the right one with a bowl of flame, on the ground on the left a tree stump, the right bowl side in relief also two standing women, the left one with a basket of flowers, the right one holds up three leaves, the front of the bowl at the top, a mask with grapes in its hair, the stem-side leaf motifs. Stem on both sides embossed palmet. Original mounting with gilded bronze valve cover with an S-shaped closure and worked edges, stem ring with printed relief decoration, original rising wooden stem with horned end piece with short flexible part and button mouthpiece, original green locking cord. |
Date:
Period | 1810 - 1840 |
Dimensions:
Bowl | Height | 4.06 in (10.3 cm) |
Width | 2.28 in (5.8 cm) | |
Stem | Length | 1.97 in (5 cm) |
Length total | 22.83 in (58 cm) |
Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
Pipe shape | flattened oval |
Material | pottery, siderolith (ceramic) |
Technique | slip cast |
Colour | red-brown |
Other materials | bronze (metal), buffalo horn (animal material), wood |
Finish | verf, donkerbruin |
Traces of use | gerookt |
Continent | Europe |
Region international | Western Europe |
Country | Germany |
Region national | Thuringia |
Town | Ruhla |
Year | 2006 |
Provenance | Utrecht, nationale verzamelaarsjaarmarkt |
Düsseldorf, antiekhandel, 2006 |
Don Duco, Topstukken uit het Pijpenkabinet. Amsterdam, 2010. hoofdstuk: Hoge kwaliteit uit Ruhla. Dit exemplaar. |
Don Duco, Rondom siderolith, tussen fijnaardewerk en protoporselein. Amsterdam, 2018. afb 30. Dit exemplaar. |
Don Duco, Hoogtepunten uit het Amsterdam Pipe Museum. Amsterdam, 2020. hoofdstuk: Hoge kwaliteit uit Ruhla. Dit exemplaar. |
Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, zaal, vitrine 8, v.a. 2008. |
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