Museum number:
| APM 20.770 |
Subcollection:
| smokers' utensils |
Title:
| pipe cover |
Keyword:
| hunter with deer and dog |
Description:
Pipe cap made of silver with a drum-shaped lid with a flat top, serrated band as a clamp around the pipe bowl, silver chain with a locking ring. Drum sawn around and engraved a resting hunter on the far left with a deer and a dog separated by plants, on the lid a hare and a dog with plants in between. Two re-inspection silvermarks "ZII". |
Date:
| Period | 1770 - 1820 |
Dimensions:
| General | Height | 1.42 in (3.6 cm) |
| Diameter | 0.94 in (2.4 cm) | |
| Weight | 13 gram | |
| Other dimensions | borgketting lang: 10 cm | |
Characteristics
| Material | silver (metal) |
| Technique | sawn, soldered |
| Colour | white |
| Traces of use | slijtage |
Production
| Continent | Europe |
| Region international | Western Europe |
| Country | The Netherlands |
| Mark | "ZII" (herkeur) (ingeslagen, dekselrand, filtrand) |
Acquisition
| Year | 2011 |
| Provenance | Groningen, Niemeyer Tabaksmuseum, 12 januari 1964-2011, nr 367 |
| Middelstum, collectie G.A. Brongers, -1963 |
Literature
| B.W.G. Wttewaall, Zilveren gebruiksvoorwerpen bij het roken en snuiven. Amsterdam, 1987. p 239, afb 74 (rechts). Dit exemplaar. Bijschrift: Ongemerkt, Holland, ca. 1800. H 35, diam. deksel 18, diam. montuur 25. |
Exhibition
| Amsterdam, Niemeyer Nederlands Tabacologisch Museum, vitrine 4, 1964-1974. |
| Groningen, Niemeyer Tabaksmuseum, 1978-2010, verdieping. |
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