Museum number:
| APM 20.050 |
Subcollection:
| clay pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| "C. FRONTIN", personalized pipe |
Description:
| Tabakspijp van klei met cilindrische ketel naar opening iets uitlopend, ronde onderzijde zonder hiel en oplopende steel met manchet. Ketel voorzijde in bladgoud "C. FRONTIN", ornamentje en filtbies, ketel steelzijde in bladgoud "145". Steel links bij manchet in reliëf modelnummer "2", intaglio merkstempel in liggend ovaal "MORELLI DEPOSE", stempel met wit krijt ingevuld. |
Date:
| Period | 1880 - 1900 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 1.57 in (4 cm) |
| Width | 1.06 in (2.7 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 1.18 in (3 cm) |
| Weight | 21 gram |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
| Pipe shape | cylindrical |
| Material | pipe clay (ceramic) |
| Technique | press moulded |
| Colour | brown |
| Finish | bladgoud |
| Traces of use | ongerookt |
Production
| Continent | Europe |
| Region international | Western Europe |
| Country | France |
| Region national | Bouches-du-Rhône |
| Town | Marseille |
| Maker | Morelli |
| Trade number | 2 |
| Mark | "MORELLI DEPOSE" (intaglio, steel li.) |
Acquisition
| Year | 2009 |
| Provenance | Thiers, veilinghuis Piasa, lot 521 |
| Parijs, collectie Musée de la Seita, 1977-2009, coll. nr J1529 | |
| Marseille, collectie Eugène Jance, <1955-1977 |
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