Museum number:

APM 19.544

Subcollection:

porcelain pipes

Title:

tobacco pipe

Keyword:

poudre bleu with gold leaf diamonds

Description:

Tobacco pipe in porcelain with a high octagonal bowl on a weighted fluting base and an ascending stem with a stub. Bowl bottom in relief shell motif of seven lobes. Finishing in poudre bleu, the edges set with a narrow band of gold leaf, on the fields per panel staggered diamonds with a stylized flower in gold leaf, acanthus leaf stem of gold leaf on both sides, the flutes in shiny gold leaf. Original mounting with silver lid with narrow contoured bowl ring, lid with a point in which twice a scalloped disc, double closing spring. Stub silver ring with locking eye. Bowl internal label with handwritten collection number "301". Original weichsel stem with polygonal silver finish with embossed silver mark "13" and buffalo horn mouthpiece with flattened shape, locking cord with two large tassels.

Date:

Period 1830 - 1845


Dimensions:

BowlHeight4.21 in (10.7 cm)
Width1.06 in (2.7 cm)
StemLength1.57 in (4 cm)
Length total12.6 in (32 cm)
Weight135 gram
Characteristics
Pipe type stub stemmed pipe
Pipe shape octagonal
Materialporcelain (ceramic)
Techniquepressed
Colourwhite
Other materialssilver (metal)
Finish glazuur, blauw, bladgoud
Traces of use gerookt
Production
ContinentEurope
Region internationalWestern Europe
CountryGermany
Region nationalBohemia
TownPirkenhammer
Maker Fischer & Reichenbach (?)
Mark "13", zilvermerken (ingeslagen, dekselring, steelring)
Acquisition
Year 2008
Provenance Amsterdam, veilinghuis Sotheby's, lot 65
Wittelsbach, kroonprins Rupprecht van Beieren (1869-1955) en erven, 2008

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