Museum number:
| APM 20.738 |
Subcollection:
| smokers' utensils |
Title:
| pipe case |
Keyword:
| simple flowers and leaf work |
Description:
Pipe box or pipe case made of wood with oval-shaped bowl part with valve cover with round brass plate hinge, short straight stem with button at the end. Bowl and stem cut with geometrically arranged primitive circular flowering ornaments on stem, interspersed with leafwork and a kind of bells, the knot around four flowers, brass nails in the flower hearts. |
Date:
| Period | 1780 - 1830 |
Dimensions:
| General | Height | 2.56 in (6.5 cm) |
| Length | 9.06 in (23 cm) |
Characteristics
| Material | wood |
| Technique | carved |
| Colour | brown |
| Other materials | brass (metal) |
| Traces of use | slijtage |
Production
| Continent | Europe |
| Region international | Western Europe |
| Country | The Netherlands |
Acquisition
| Year | 2011 |
| Provenance | Groningen, Niemeyer Tabaksmuseum, <1970-2011, nr 615 |
Exhibition
| Saint-Claude, tentoonstelling "Confrérie des Maîtres-Pipiers de Saint-Claude", mei - september 1972. |
| Groningen, Niemeyer Tabaksmuseum, 1978-2010, winkeletage. |
| Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, tentoonstelling "De pijp op reis, versierde pijpenkassen uit de Niemeyer collectie", 15 juni - 31 juli 2011. |
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