Museum number:
| APM 20.631 |
Subcollection:
| wooden pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| portrait pipe man with mustache |
Description:
Tobacco pipe made of wood with Ulm shape bowl, round underside and rising stem widening in a stub. Bowl bottom of a man's head with mustache and medium-long hair under a sort of nightcap, primitive cut, the eyes inserted with enamel, the teeth of bone. Transition bowl to bottom stem three leaf motifs with some ornaments. Bowl internal sheet iron. Original mounting with white metal valve cover with drum shape with slanted flutings along the edge with slots as air inlet, cuff plate with stem holder with locking ring. |
Date:
| Period | 1790 - 1830 |
Dimensions:
| General | Height | 6.02 in (15.3 cm) |
| Bowl | Height | 5.16 in (13.1 cm) |
| Width | 2.05 in (5.2 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 5.51 in (14 cm) |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
| Pipe shape | Ulm |
| Material | burl (wood) |
| Technique | carved |
| Colour | brown |
| Other materials | enamel, white metal (metal), animal bone (animal material) |
| Finish | gemonteerd |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Continent | Europe |
| Region international | Western Europe |
| Country | Germany |
| Region national | Baden-Wurttemberg |
| Town | Ulm |
Acquisition
| Year | 2011 |
| Provenance | Groningen, Niemeyer Tabaksmuseum, <1975-2011, nr AA499 (oud nr 664-15) |
| Rotterdam-Overschie, collectie A. Kluchert |
Comments
| Dergelijke gezichten worden in Duitsland aangeduid met Pandourenkopf. |
Literature
| Gustav Casparek et al., Von der Leidenschaft des Pfeifenrauchers. Bielefeld, 1984. p 43. Dit exemplaar. Bijschrift: In der Mitte, ebenfalls aus der Volkskunst, eine Panduren-Pfeife aus Oesterreich; erste Hälfte 19. Jahrhundert. Die Panduren waren unsprünglich die Leibwächter ungarischer Edelleute und wurden später unter Trenck Soldaten des österreichischen Heeres und speziell für den Kleinkrieg in Südungarn eingesetzt. Ihre rauhen Sitten waren gefürchtet. |
| Ralph Plum, ed., La passion de la pipe, fumée et fumeurs. Bielefeld, 1984. p 43. Dit exemplaar. |
| Don Duco, Ulmer Kloben, een Schwäbische vinding. Amsterdam, 2017. afb 17. Dit exemplaar. |
Exhibition
| Saint-Claude, tentoonstelling "Confrérie des Maîtres-Pipiers de Saint-Claude", mei - september 1972. |
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