Museum number:

APM 20.664

Subcollection:

meerschaum pipes

Title:

tobacco pipe

Keyword:

resting hunters, silver stem with snake

Description:

Tobacco pipe of meerschaum with cylindrical bowl, outstanding bowl opening, lenticular bottom, ascending stem with disc-shaped stub. Bowl in relief two hunters resting against a tree, the right one sitting, the left one standing, a rifle at his feet, on the right some trees. Bowl underside in relief continuing on the stem underside in a drop-shaped field a bundle of flutes. Original mounting with silver cover ring surmounted by a domed clip cover with openwork Gothic tracery, silver stub plate with two silver hallmarks, engraved in the center a crown with "NO." and right "16". Original stem with conical straight shape covered with silver, a serpent winding in relief all around, white buffalo horn mouthpiece with flattened bite.".

Date:

Period 1840 - 1850


Dimensions:

GeneralHeight4.57 in (11.6 cm)
BowlHeight3.39 in (8.6 cm)
Width2.2 in (5.6 cm)
StemLength3.74 in (9.5 cm)
Length total11.42 in (29 cm)
Characteristics
Pipe type stub stemmed pipe
Pipe shape cylindrical
Materialblock meerschaum (stone)
Techniquecarved
Colouryellow-brown
Other materialssilver (metal), buffalo horn (animal material)
Finish gemonteerd
Traces of use gerookt
Production
ContinentEurope
Region internationalCentral Europe
CountryAustria
Region nationalVienna (province)
TownVienna
Mark MM in liggend ovaal (meesterteken, ingeslagen, manchetplaat)
keurmerk + jaarcijfer 184. (ingeslagen manchetplaat)
herkeur ? (filtring, ingeslagen)
Acquisition
Year 2011
Provenance Groningen, Niemeyer Tabaksmuseum, 1966-2011, nr 415
Wenen, antiekhandelaar, 1966
Hermanuv Mestec, <1966
Comments
Sigarenmerk Cogétama brengt c. 1970 een serie van 24 sigarenbanden met diverse pijpen, deze pijpenkop is er één van.
Exhibition
Groningen, Niemeyer Tabaksmuseum, 1978-2010, verdieping.
Mechelen, Centrum voor Speelgoed en Volkskunde, tentoonstelling "Hij die geen pijpje roken kan", 15 november 1985 - 15 oktober 1986.

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