Museum number:
| APM 20.568 |
Subcollection:
| ceramic pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| relief surface, tamponed |
Description:
Tobacco pipe in ceramic with shapeless oval bowl, spur-shaped heel and slightly curved flattened stem with knot. Bowl slightly roughened with repetitive impressions, a milling round the bowl opening, unobtrusive combs on the mould seams. Painting in underglaze of stamped blue dots, the bowl opening and the stem end with mouthpiece solid blue. |
Date:
| Period | 1820 - 1850 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 4.61 in (11.7 cm) |
| Width | 2.4 in (6.1 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 4.72 in (12 cm) |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stem pipe |
| Pipe shape | amorphous |
| Material | pottery (ceramic) |
| Technique | printing mould |
| Colour | greyish white |
| Finish | glazuur, meerkleuren |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Continent | Europe |
| Region international | Western Europe |
| Country | England |
| Region national | Staffordshire |
| Town | Stafford |
Acquisition
| Year | 2011 |
| Provenance | Groningen, Niemeyer Tabaksmuseum, c. 1970-2011, nr 545 (oud nr 879) |
| Letchmore Heath, Trevor Barton, c. 1970 |
Literature
| Georg Alfred Brongers, Van Gouwenaar tot bruyère pijp. Amerongen, 1978. p 39. Dit exemplaar. Zie voor bijschrift APM 20.569. |
| T. Helperi Kimm (Tiemen Helperi Kimm), Il fumo nella mente, Piccola storia del tabacco nelle immagini del Museo Nyemeyer. Smoking, rivista trimestrale della pipa e del sigaro, 3/3. Dit exemplaar. |
Exhibition
| Groningen, Niemeyer Tabaksmuseum, 1978-2010, winkeletage. |
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