Museum number:

APM 20.577

Subcollection:

porcelain pipes

Title:

tobacco pipe

Keyword:

oval with portrait of Tsar Nicholas I

Description:

Tobacco pipe in porcelain with chibuk shape bowl with conical bowl placed on a flat decagon saucer, flat bottom with slightly pointed flattened rat tail, slightly upward short hexagonal stem widening towards stub. Bowl front in standing oval multicoloured painted bust of Tsar Nicholas I dressed in a military uniform with sash and decoration, the bowl and dish plain orange with geometric pattern of gold leaf heightened with red shadow edges.

Date:

Period 1825 - 1845


Dimensions:

BowlHeight2.17 in (5.5 cm)
Width1.57 in (4 cm)
StemLength2.76 in (7 cm)
Weight105 gram
Characteristics
Pipe type stub stemmed pipe
Pipe shape chibuk
Materialporcelain (ceramic)
Techniquethrown (potters' wheel), slip glued
Colourwhite
Finish glazuur, meerkleuren
Traces of use gerookt
Production
ContinentEurope
Region internationalWestern Europe
CountryGermany
Region nationalSaxony
TownMeissen (?)
Acquisition
Year 2011
Provenance Groningen, Niemeyer Tabaksmuseum, 1974-2011, nr 427
's-Gravenhage, antiekhandel, 1974
Comments
Aantekeningen Brongers, c. 1980. Pijpekop, polychroom porselein qua model geïnspireerd op het tsjibouque-type met op de staande kop het portret van (waarschijnlijk) Ludwig I von Bayern (1825-1848). Verzekeringswaarde Dfl. 2000,-.
Literature
Don Duco, Object van de maand. Amsterdam, 2001. augustus 2011, nr 123. Beknopte bespreking van dit exemplaar.
Exhibition
Groningen, Niemeyer Tabaksmuseum, 1978-2010, verdieping.
Wilhelmshaven, Wilhelmshavener Küstenmuseum, tentoonstelling "Schöne alte Porzellanpfeifen - 1750 bis 1900", 28 augustus 1982 - 12 september 1982.

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