Museum number:
| APM 19.541 |
Subcollection:
| meerschaum pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| battle Breslau |
Description:
Meerschaum tobacco pipe with cylindrical Hungarian bowl, bowl opening with rim and lenticular base with ascending stem widening towards the end. Bowl carved around the gates of Breslau led by Jerome Bonaparte in a naive style with a maze of soldiers on horseback and standing archers, bowl bottom and stem in relief geometrically arranged foliage and stylized flowers. Original mounting with silver lid (lower content) with "AFFAERE VOR BRESLAU DEN 3 JANER 1807" engraved on the lenticular top. Cover ring two semi-silver marks "13" (?). Lid internal label with handwritten collection number "4". |
Date:
| Period | 1840 - 1850 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 4.25 in (10.8 cm) |
| Width | 2.6 in (6.6 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 4.33 in (11 cm) |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
| Pipe shape | Hungarian |
| Material | meerschaum (block) (stone) |
| Technique | carved |
| Colour | ivory white |
| Other materials | silver (metal) |
| Finish | gemonteerd |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Continent | Europe |
| Region international | Western Europe |
| Country | Germany (?) |
| Mark | zilvermerken (ingeslagen, dekselring) |
Acquisition
| Year | 2008 |
| Provenance | Amsterdam, veilinghuis Sotheby's, lot 64 |
| Wittelsbach, kroonprins Rupprecht van Beieren (1869-1955) en erven, 2008 |
Comments
| Hoewel de voorstelling gecompliceerd en goed afgewogen is, hetgeen op een prent als voorbeeld duidt, is de uitvoering ervan eerder Duits en grof dan Weens en verfijnd. Hier is de meerschuimpijp al aan het afzakken. Ook de montage met laagwaardig zilver en semi-keurmerken wijzen daarop. |
Literature
| Don Duco, Fabels en feiten over de meerschuim pijp. Amsterdam, 2009. afb 79. Dit exemplaar. |
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