Museum number:
| APM 18.918 |
Subcollection:
| clay pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| bust Méhémét-Ali with fez |
Description:
Clay tobacco pipe with figural bowl, rounded base and short ascending stem with stub. Bowl bust of Méhémét-Ali with moustache and wide beard, fez on the head, bust with long tassel on the stem side. Painting enamel on eyes and eyebrows. Bowl edge mounted with a silver cap with engraving of leaf vines with a crescent moon on the front. Stub cylindrical silver mounting with smooth rim edges. |
Date:
| Period | 1830 - 1850 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 2.8 in (7.1 cm) |
| Width | 1.54 in (3.9 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 1.18 in (3 cm) |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
| Pipe shape | figural |
| Material | pipe clay (ceramic) |
| Technique | press moulded |
| Colour | white |
| Other materials | silver (metal) |
| Finish | email, gemonteerd |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Continent | Europe |
| Region international | Western Europe |
| Country | France |
| Region national | Pas-de-Calais |
| Town | Saint-Omer |
| Maker | Firme L. Fiolet |
| Mark | LF (stempel, ketel onderzijde) |
Acquisition
| Year | 2007 |
| Provenance | Hilversum, collectie Ron de Haan, c. 1987-2007 |
| Londen, Portobelloroad antiquemarket, Michael Clements, c. 1987 |
Comments
| Vgl. APM 21.494 zelfde model maar wit en ongerookt. De firma Gambier maakt een vergelijkbaar model onder nummer 892 aangeduid met Omer Pacha. |
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