Museum number:

APM 19.920

Subcollection:

smokers' utensils

Title:

pipe stopper

Keyword:

leg to which shoe with heel

Description:

Pipe stopper made of porcelain in the shape of a ladies' leg with a shoe with a heel, painted in multicolour with triangular ornaments under the ankle, a fly on the thigh and a garter with a bow underneath the top, the surface of the stopper painted with a quarter flower bud and leafwork .

Date:

Period 1760 - 1790


Dimensions:

GeneralLength3.27 in (8.3 cm)
Diameter0.87 in (2.2 cm)
Characteristics
Materialporcelain (ceramic)
Techniqueslip cast
Colourwhite
Finish glazuur, meerkleuren
Traces of use geen
Production
ContinentEurope
Region internationalWestern Europe
CountryGermany
Region nationalSaxony
TownMeissen (?)
Acquisition
Year 2009
Provenance Thiers, veilinghuis Piasa, lot 597
Parijs, collectie Musée de la Seita, 1947-2009, coll. nr 90
Parijs, M. Hilbert, koop 06-05-1947
Literature
Pierre Faveton, Autour du tabac: tabatières, pipes, cigares, allumettes et briquets. Paris, 1988. p 43. Dit exemplaar. Bijschrift: Bourre-pipe en porcelaine polychrome en forme de jambe. France, XVIIIe siècle.
Marie-Claire Adès, Catalogue Musée-Galerie de la SEITA; histoire du tabac et de ses usages. Paris, 1992. p 42, nr G23. Bijschrift: Bourre-pipe en porcelaine de Saxe polychromée. Représentant une jambe de femme. Allemagne, XVIIIe siècle. L. 8 cm. Musée de la Seita 90.
Julie Valck, La pipe. Paris, 1988. p 126. Dit exemplaar (in groepje). Bijschrift: Bourre-pipe en porcelaine polychromée en forme de jambe. France, XVIIIe siècle.
Exhibition
Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, zaal, vitrine 6, v.a. 2009.

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