Museum number:

APM 20.568

Subcollection:

ceramic pipes

Title:

tobacco pipe

Keyword:

reliëf oppervlak, getamponeerd

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:

BowlHeight4.61 in (11.7 cm)
Width2.4 in (6.1 cm)
StemLength4.72 in (12 cm)
Characteristics
Pipe type stem pipe
Pipe shape amorphous
Materialpottery (ceramic)
Techniqueprinting mould
Colourgreyish white
Finish glazuur, meerkleuren
Traces of use gerookt
Production
ContinentEurope
Region internationalWestern Europe
CountryEngland
Region nationalStaffordshire
TownStafford
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, 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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