Museum number:
| APM 20.587a |
Subcollection:
| porcelain pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| day pipe "MITTWOCH" (Wednesday) |
Description:
Tobacco pipe from porcelain with stummel bowl, heel and straight insert stem. Bowl front handpainted in black in gothic letters "MITTWOCH" (Wednesday). Bowl internal underglaze mark two crossed sabers. Heel intaglio format number upside down "33". Fire-plated valve cover. Original mounting with black buffalo horn moist trap in two parts and a rising stem with buffalo horn mouthpiece, the parts separated by fire-gilt rings, a gold-plated brass band with a wreath of pointed leaves under the start of the flexible part. |
Date:
| Period | 1815 - 1835 |
Dimensions:
| General | Length | 14.57 in (37 cm) |
| Bowl | Height | 2.8 in (7.1 cm) |
| Width | 1.22 in (3.1 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 1.18 in (3 cm) |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | insert pipe |
| Pipe shape | high oval stummel porcelain bowl |
| Material | porcelain (ceramic) |
| Technique | thrown (potters' wheel), slip cast |
| Colour | white |
| Other materials | buffalo horn (animal material) |
| Oher techniques | fire-gilt |
| Finish | glazuur, zwart |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Continent | Europe |
| Region international | Western Europe |
| Country | Germany |
| Region national | Saxony |
| Town | Meissen |
| Maker | Königlichen Sächsischen Porzellan-Manufaktur |
| Mark | gekruiste sabels (geschilderd onderglazuur blauw, ketel inw.) |
Acquisition
| Year | 2011 |
| Provenance | Groningen, Niemeyer Tabaksmuseum, <1978-2011, nr 423 |
Comments
| Beschrijving van Kimm: verguld messing gemonteerde ebbenhouten pijp. Periode 1824-1840. |
Literature
| T. Helperi Kimm, Van den toeback; roken, snuiven, mode & schoonheid. Groningen, 1988. p 35, afb 24. Dit exemplaar. Bijschrift: Duitse pijp, verguld messing gemonteerd met ebbehouten steel; gemerkt Meissen periode 1824-1840. Oorspronkelijk waren er 7 koppen, die gemakkelijk konden worden omgewisseld. Die van Mittwoch, Donnestag en Freijtag zijn bewaard gebleven. |
| Don Duco, Stummels, twee eeuwen smaakmakend. Amsterdam, 2020. afb 3. Dit exemplaar. |
Exhibition
| Groningen, Niemeyer Tabaksmuseum, 1978-2010, verdieping. |
| Deventer, Museum De Waag, tentoonstelling "Van den Toeback, roken, snuiven, mode & schoonheid", 6 oktober 1988 - 20 november 1988. |
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