Museum number:
| APM 19.700 |
Subcollection:
| porcelain pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| standing naked woman |
Description:
Porcelain tobacco pipe with oval stummel bowl, button heel and straight insert stem with five constrictions. The front of the bowl hand-painted in a rectangular frame of gold leaf, a standing naked woman wearing a lace nightcap, in a room with a bed surrounded by drapes behind it. Heel intaglio size number "9". Steel blue underglaze stripe and pressed "PFS". |
Date:
| Period | 1835 - 1850 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 4.21 in (10.7 cm) |
| Width | 1.5 in (3.8 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 1.57 in (4 cm) |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | insert pipe |
| Pipe shape | high oval stummel porcelain bowl |
| Material | porcelain (ceramic) |
| Technique | thrown (potters' wheel), slip cast |
| Colour | white |
| Finish | glazuur, meerkleuren, bladgoud |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Continent | Europe |
| Region international | Western Europe |
| Country | Germany |
| Region national | Bavaria |
| Town | Schney |
| Maker | Porzellan Faktur Schney |
| Mark | "PFS" + streep (intaglio met cobalt, steel oz.) |
Acquisition
| Year | 2009 |
| Provenance | 's-Graveland, Arjan de Haan |
| Duitsland, particulier bezit, <2000-2009 |
Comments
| Naar een aquarel van Jakob Becker (1810-1827) |
Literature
| Don Duco, Stummels, twee eeuwen smaakmakend. Amsterdam, 2020. afb 36. Dit exemplaar. |
Exhibition
| Groningen, Noordelijk Scheepvaartmuseum, tentoonstelling "Land van Belofte, Prostitutie in het A-Kwartier", 16 december 2016 - 2 april 2017. |
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