Museum number:
| APM 20.742 |
Subcollection:
| smokers' utensils |
Title:
| pipe case |
Keyword:
| brass inlay, mother-of-pearl |
Description:
Pipe case made of wood with oval-shaped bowl part with valve and long stem. Bowl part and stem inlaid with brass, interspersed with copper, on the valve and on the stem side a flowerpot with a branch with two and three blooming flowers, small rectangular pieces of mother-of-pearl on the hinge edges, on hinge "ANNO 1776". Stem a brass lock plate on the underside on which engraved a long flowering plant, stem five brass rings, in between brass bands with straight and wavy lines of wound brass wire. Bowl part on top of circular two-headed plate hinge, stem end with a brass knob with rosette shape. |
Date:
| Year | 1776 |
Dimensions:
| General | Height | 2.56 in (6.5 cm) |
| Length | 13.39 in (34 cm) |
Characteristics
| Material | wood |
| Technique | carved |
| Colour | brown |
| Other materials | brass, copper (metal), mother of pearl (organic material) |
| Traces of use | slijtage |
Production
| Continent | Europe |
| Region international | Western Europe |
| Country | The Netherlands (?) |
Acquisition
| Year | 2011 |
| Provenance | Groningen, Niemeyer Tabaksmuseum, 12 januari 1964-2011, nr DD431 |
| Middelstum, collectie G.A. Brongers, 1959-1963 | |
| Amsterdam, antiekhandel Laméris, 1959, prijs Dfl. 15,- |
Literature
| T. Helperi Kimm, Van den toeback; roken, snuiven, mode & schoonheid. Groningen, 1988. p 31, afb 22. Dit exemplaar. |
Exhibition
| Amsterdam, Niemeyer Nederlands Tabacologisch Museum, vitrine 4, 1964-1974. |
| Groningen, Niemeyer Tabaksmuseum, 1978-2010, winkeletage. |
| Deventer, Museum De Waag, tentoonstelling "Van den Toeback, roken, snuiven, mode & schoonheid", 6 oktober 1988 - 20 november 1988. |
| Zug (Zwitserland), tentoonstelling "Das Niemeyer Tabak Museum", 30 augustus 1994 - 3 november 1994. |
| Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, tentoonstelling "De pijp op reis, versierde pijpenkassen uit de Niemeyer collectie", 15 juni - 31 juli 2011. |
| Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, zaal, vitrine 2, v.a. 2012. |
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