Museum number:

APM 20.636

Subcollection:

wooden pipes

Title:

tobacco pipe

Keyword:

flutes, fine mother-of-pearl inlay

Description:

Wooden tobacco pipe with trumpet-shaped bowl on a weighted base, round bottom and ascending stem with stub. Bowl bottom in relief seven flutes. Bowl and stem inlaid with small pieces of mother-of-pearl in geometric patterns, bowl front two standing warriors holding a coat of arms with helmet, bowl sides a stylized double-headed eagle, stem two double-headed eagles on both sides. Bowl lined internally with sheet iron. Original mounting with helmet-shaped silver lid with four plumes with a red cut stone in the center, the side of the lid as a visor holder, also a red stone in the mount. Stub plate with stem holder and small silver eyelet.

Date:

Period 1835 - 1855


Dimensions:

GeneralHeight4.61 in (11.7 cm)
BowlHeight2.76 in (7 cm)
Width1.81 in (4.6 cm)
StemLength2.76 in (7 cm)
Characteristics
Pipe type stub stemmed pipe
Pipe shape bag shape
Materialwood
Techniquecarved
Colourbrown
Other materialsmother of pearl (organic material), silver, iron (metal)
Finish inlegwerk, gemonteerd
Traces of use gerookt
Production
ContinentEurope
Region internationalEastern Europe
CountryHungary (?)
Acquisition
Year 2011
Provenance Groningen, Niemeyer Tabaksmuseum, <1975-2011, nr AA495
Rotterdam-Overschie, collectie A. Kluchert
Comments
Vgl. APM 22.396 vergelijkbaar voorwerp maar verfijnder van inlegwerk.
Sigarenmerk Cogétama brengt c. 1970 een serie van 24 sigarenbanden met diverse pijpen, deze pijpenkop is er één van.
Exhibition
Parijs, Bazar de l'Hôtel de Ville, tentoonstelling "Les 50 pipes les plus extraordinaires de la célèbre collection Niemeyer", 1 oktober - 20 november 1966.

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