Museum number:
| APM 20.674 |
Subcollection:
| meerschaum pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| plain, pointed lid |
Description:
| Tabakspijp van meerschuim met bolle ketel, licht verhoogde ketelopening met uitstaande filtrand, ronde onderzijde met onopvallende rattenstaart, steel oplopend met manchet. Onversierd. Oorspronkelijke montage met zilveren filtrand en klepdeksel met hoge punt met balletjes, rechthoekige gegraveerde klemveer, manchetplaat met steelhouder en borgoog. Filtrand zilverkeuren Wenen met jaartal en makersmerk "FS". |
Date:
| Period | 1834 - 1839 |
Dimensions:
| General | Height | 2.95 in (7.5 cm) |
| Bowl | Height | 1.77 in (4.5 cm) |
| Width | 1.5 in (3.8 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 2.56 in (6.5 cm) |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
| Pipe shape | bulbous |
| Material | block meerschaum (stone) |
| Technique | turned (on a lathe) |
| Colour | ivory white |
| Other materials | silver (metal) |
| Oher techniques | forged |
| Other colours | white |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Continent | Europe |
| Region international | Central Europe |
| Country | Austria |
| Region national | Vienna (province) |
| Town | Vienna (?) |
| Continent | Europe |
| Region international | Central Europe |
| Country | Austria |
| Region national | Vienna (province) |
| Town | Vienna |
| Maker #1 | Franz Schiffer (silversmith ) |
| Mark | FS (ingeslagen, dekselrand) |
Acquisition
| Year | 2011 |
| Provenance | Groningen, Niemeyer Tabaksmuseum, 1963-2011, nr 409 |
| Middelstum, collectie G.A. Brongers, <1951-1963 |
Literature
| Georg Alfred Brongers, J.A. Brongers, Tobacco In Art And Literature. The Shell Magazine, /, 1952. p 298, groepsfoto. Dit exemplaar. |
Exhibition
| Amsterdam, World Tobacco Congress, tentoonstelling 17-30 september 1951, catalogus nr 34. |
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