Museum number:
APM 20.161 |
Subcollection:
wooden pipes |
Title:
tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
tuberous bowl, silver motifs |
Description:
Tobacco pipe made of wood with an irregular round shape without markings, attached stem holder made of silver. Bowl piece of driftwood with tuber shape with circular veins, set all around with embossed silver motifs including two sitting dogs, three clover, lily shape, culotte, leaf, round face and more. Original silver lid secured with three rods ending in a butterfly with spread wings and two shields, the shields engraved with the symbols for faith, hope and love on the left and a blooming flower on the right. Flap lid with a high open edge with garlands in the openings, the lid with six twisted grunts and crowned with a button. Lid edge debossed silver marks crowned portrait, "GMS" and "Y.L", stem holder debossed mark "Y.L". Originally mounted with greenish buffalo horn button stem with black disc and button bite. |
Date:
Period | 1840 - 1850 |
Dimensions:
General | Length | 9.84 in (25 cm) |
Bowl | Height | 3.39 in (8.6 cm) |
Width | 2.24 in (5.7 cm) | |
Stem | Length | 1.18 in (3 cm) |
Length total | 7.68 in (19.5 cm) |
Pipe type | insert pipe |
Pipe shape | bulbous |
Material | wood |
Technique | hand-formed |
Colour | brown |
Other materials | silver (metal), buffalo horn (animal material) |
Traces of use | gerookt |
Continent | Europe |
Region international | Western Europe |
Country | Germany (?) |
Mark | portret, "GMS" en "Y.L" (ingeslagen, dekselrand) |
Year | 2010 |
Provenance | 's-Graveland, Arjan de Haan |
München, Ursula Nusser Auktionshaus, najaar 2008 | |
Wittelsbach, kroonprins Rupprecht van Beieren (1869-1955) en erven, 2008 |
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