Museum number:
| APM 2.485 |
Subcollection:
| miscellaneous objects |
Title:
| lakstempel |
Keyword:
| wax stamp, "P.V.S.", mermaid |
Description:
Lacquer stamp with round brass plate engraved with two ovals with dotted frame in which the pipe makers marks PVS (left) and the mermaid with mirror (right), the ovals connected with a loop and placed under a pearl crown. Two pipes protrude from both ovals. Bottom coat of arms of Gouda with the initials "PVS", framed in a pearl circle. Brass plate soldered to a brass holder for wooden handle. |
Date:
| Period | 1778 - 1803 |
Dimensions:
| General | Diameter | 0.79 in (2 cm) |
Characteristics
| Material | brass (metal) |
| Technique | engraved |
| Colour | yellow |
| Traces of use | geen |
Production
| Continent | Europe |
| Region international | Western Europe |
| Country | The Netherlands |
| Region national | South Holland |
| Town | Gouda |
| Maker | Pieter Versluijs |
| Mark | meermin (gegraveerd, vz.) PVS (gegraveerd, vz.) |
Acquisition
| Year | 1977 |
| Provenance | Schoonloo, Aart Goedewaagen |
| Schoonloo, particulier bezit familie Goedewaagen, 1972-1977 | |
| Bennekom, collectie D.A. Goedewaagen, <1960-1972 |
Literature
| D.H. Duco, De techniek van het pijpmakersbedrijf te Gouda. OxfordBAR International Series, TACTP Vol. IV, /92, 1980. foto 37. Dit exemplaar. |
| D.H. Duco, Merken van Goudse pijpenmakers 1660-1940. Lochem, 1982. p 36, afb 12. Dit exemplaar. |
| D.H. Duco, Merken en merkenrecht van de pijpenmakers in Gouda. Amsterdam, 2003. p 44, afb 30. Dit exemplaar. |
Exhibition
| Leiden, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, vitrine gereedschap, 29 september 1982 - 31 december 1993. |
| Wenen, Österreichisches Tabakmuseum, tentoonstelling "Die 2000 Jährige Geschichte der Tonpfeifen", 23 juni 1994 - 10 september 1994. |
| Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, achterkamer, vitrine bodemvondsten, v.a. 2001. |
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