Museum number:

APM 18.996c

Subcollection:

ceramic pipes

Title:

tobacco pipe

Keyword:

repetitive geometric pattern

Description:

Tabakspijp van aardewerk met slanke billiardvorm ketel, knophiel en rechte insteeksteel met zes insnoeringen aan het eind. Ketel rondom en steel repeterend geometrisch patroon van stervormen. Steel onderzijde intaglio modelnummer "136". Afwerking in bruinzwarte lak.

Date:

Period 1840 - 1870


Dimensions:

BowlHeight1.5 in (3.8 cm)
Width1.02 in (2.6 cm)
StemLength1.18 in (3 cm)
Weight17.5 gram
Characteristics
Pipe type insert pipe
Pipe shape billiard shape
Materialpottery, siderolith (ceramic)
Techniqueslip cast
Colourcream
Finish verf, bruinzwart
Traces of use ongerookt
Production
ContinentEurope
Region internationalWestern Europe
CountryGermany
Region nationalThuringia
TownRuhla (?)
Trade number 136
Acquisition
Year 2007
Provenance Oberhausbergen, Gilles Kleiber
Ruhla, collectie Alexander Ziegler, <1980-2004
Literature
Don Duco, Rondom siderolith, tussen fijnaardewerk en protoporselein. Amsterdam, 2018. afb 3b. Dit exemplaar.

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