Museum number:

APM 20.772

Subcollection:

smokers' utensils

Title:

spark catcher

Keyword:

high pointed model

Description:

Pipe cap or spark arrester made of braided brass wire with a high pointed model, the top of the tip a locking ring to which a chain with a thin locking ring. Around artful wickerwork of alternating diamonds connected with longitudinal lines.

Date:

Period 1800 - 1850


Dimensions:

GeneralHeight3.07 in (7.8 cm)
Diameter1.34 in (3.4 cm)
Weight19 gram
Other dimensions borgketting lang 34 cm
Characteristics
Materialbrass wire (metal)
Techniquebraided
Colouryellow-brown
Traces of use slijtage
Production
ContinentEurope
Region internationalWestern Europe
CountryThe Netherlands
Region nationalGroningen (province)
Acquisition
Year 2011
Provenance Groningen, Niemeyer Tabaksmuseum, 12 januari 1964-2011, nr DD611
Middelstum, collectie G.A. Brongers, -1963
Exhibition
Amsterdam, Niemeyer Nederlands Tabacologisch Museum, vitrine 4, 1964-1974.
Groningen, Niemeyer Tabaksmuseum, 1978-2010, winkeletage.
Mechelen, Centrum voor Speelgoed en Volkskunde, tentoonstelling "Hij die geen pijpje roken kan", 15 november 1985 - 15 oktober 1986.

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