Museum number:
| APM 20.570 |
Subcollection:
| ceramic pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| convex face |
Description:
Tobacco pipe made of earthenware with a convex bowl with a cylindrical top and a weighted bowl opening, heel marking and a short straight stem with a stub. Bowl having hand moulded details that together form a face with a triangular nose, moustache with curled-up points, round eyes and question mark-shaped ears, the raised bowl part with repetitive pressed moons, the bowl opening with moon shapes that make circles. Completely covered with transparent lead glaze with tamponated dark spots. |
Date:
| Period | 1750 - 1880 |
Dimensions:
| General | Height | 3.98 in (10.1 cm) |
| Bowl | Height | 3.35 in (8.5 cm) |
| Width | 3.35 in (8.5 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 2.76 in (7 cm) |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
| Pipe shape | figural |
| Material | pottery (ceramic) |
| Technique | thrown (potters' wheel) |
| Colour | red |
| Other materials | glaze (ceramic) |
| Oher techniques | hand-formed |
| Other colours | dark brown |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Continent | Europe |
| Region international | Central Europe (?) |
Acquisition
| Year | 2011 |
| Provenance | Groningen, Niemeyer Tabaksmuseum, 12 januari 1964-2011, nr 648 |
| Middelstum, collectie G.A. Brongers, <1960-1963 |
Comments
| Brongers sprak altijd van een Hongaars product. |
Exhibition
| Amsterdam, Niemeyer Tabacologisch Museum, tuinkamer vitrine, 1964-1974. |
| Groningen, Niemeyer Tabaksmuseum, 1978-2010, winkeletage. |
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