Museum number:
APM 19.504 |
Subcollection:
porcelain pipes |
Title:
tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
bust Napoleonic soldier with bear cap |
Description:
Porcelain tobacco pipe with figural bowl, round bottom without heel and ascending stem with narrow stub. Bowl bust of a soldier with thin long moustache and sideburns, high bearskin hat with hanging red cloth on the right, a golden plume protrudes above the hat, bust with a raised collar and upright curled cloak collars. Bowl bottom cut away kiln support, decoration of leaf gold lines. Stem internally scratched model number "XIX". |
Date:
Period | 1835 - 1860 |
Dimensions:
General | Height | 3.66 in (9.3 cm) |
Bowl | Height | 3.07 in (7.8 cm) |
Width | 1.97 in (5 cm) | |
Stem | Length | 1.18 in (3 cm) |
Characteristics
Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
Pipe shape | figural |
Material | porcelain (ceramic) |
Technique | slip cast |
Colour | white |
Finish | glazuur, meerkleuren |
Traces of use | ongerookt |
Production
Continent | Europe |
Region international | Western Europe |
Country | France (?) |
Trade number | 19 |
Acquisition
Year | 2008 |
Provenance | Brussel, collectie Daniël Glinoer, 2000-2008 |
Brussel, veilinghuis, 2000 |
Comments
Artillerist te paard van de keizerlijke garde. |
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