Museum number:
| APM 20.656 |
Subcollection:
| meerschaum pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| reclining Diana, angels, animals |
Description:
Tobacco pipe made of meerschaum with a cylindrical slightly constricted bowl, a lens-shaped underside and a slightly rising stem hardly widening towards the end. Bowl carved all around with naked Diana lying on the front, surrounded by little angels, on both sides a boar and a deer attacked by hunting dogs, along the bowl opening four garlands on nail heads against ornamentation in Louis XVI style. Original mounting with silver bowl frame in which a lid in the shape of a crown sinks, stub plate with narrow stem holder and locking ring with chain to lid. Lid ring two stamped silver marks. |
Date:
| Period | 1790 - 1820 |
Dimensions:
| General | Height | 1.42 in (3.6 cm) |
| Bowl | Height | 4.02 in (10.2 cm) |
| Width | 2.6 in (6.6 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 4.53 in (11.5 cm) |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
| Pipe shape | cylindrical |
| Material | block meerschaum (stone) |
| Technique | carved |
| Colour | white |
| Other materials | silver (metal) |
| Finish | gemonteerd |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Continent | Europe |
| Region international | Eastern Europe |
| Country | Hungary |
| Town | Budapest (?) |
| Mark | PG (zilvermerk, ingeslagen, dekselrand) stadswapen met gehalte (ingeslagen, dekselring) |
Acquisition
| Year | 2011 |
| Provenance | Groningen, Niemeyer Tabaksmuseum, 1966-2011, nr 411 |
| Wenen, antiekhandelaar, 1966 | |
| Hermanuv Mestec, <1966 |
Comments
| Brongers dateert deze pijp in zijn aantekeningen op omstreeks 1790. |
Literature
| Georg Alfred Brongers, T.H. Kimm, Tabakorama. Groningen, 1969. p 32. Dit exemplaar. |
| Anoniem, A pipe in piece and quiet. Groningen. kaft. Dit exemplaar. |
| Gustav Casparek et al., Von der Leidenschaft des Pfeifenrauchers. Bielefeld, 1984. p 147. Dit exemplaar. Bijschrift: Allegorie auf die Frau als Mutter, elegante Szene auf einer Meerschaumpfeife; zweite Hälfte achtzehntes Jahrhunderts. |
| Ralph Plum, ed., La passion de la pipe, fumée et fumeurs. Bielefeld, 1984. p 147. Dit exemplaar. |
| Don Duco, Aanwinsten uit het Niemeyer Tabaksmuseum. AmsterdamNieuwsbrief Pijpenkabinet, 8/15, 2011. Afbeelding en bespreking van dit exemplaar. |
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. |
| Amersfoort, museum Flehite, tentoonstelling "Tabakorama", 18 maart - 30 september 1969. |
| Barneveld, museum Nairac, tentoonstelling "Tabakorama", 1 juli - 7 augustus 1971. |
| Leiden, museum De Lakenhal, tentoonstelling "Tabakorama", 15 oktober - 28 november 1971. |
| Amerongen, tentoonstelling "Amerongen, verleden en heden", 5 juli 1975 - augustus 1975. |
| Groningen, Niemeyer Tabaksmuseum, 1978-2010, verdieping. |
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