Museum number:
APM 20.831 |
Subcollection:
smokers' utensils |
Title:
snuff rasp |
Keyword:
cartouche with two people, naked figure, fruit basket |
Description:
Snuff rasp made of ivory with elongated conical shape with an iron grater on the back with piercing holes, above it an oval-shaped flap, the front half-round and carved, an outlet with a bowl at the end. Front in the center of a cartouche with arched top two seated figures, on the left an old woman next to a rake and watering can, on the right a young woman with sickle, on the left behind an orange tree in tub, below the image a dancing angel, above two angels with a fruit basket. Cover on the reverse a winged fool sitting on an arrow quiver with an arrow in his hand, next to him a bow. Along the lower left edge an old repair of a crack fixed with a metal pin. |
Date:
Period | 1720 - 1760 |
Dimensions:
General | Height | 8.98 in (22.8 cm) |
Width | 2.4 in (6.1 cm) | |
Thickness | 0.98 in (2.5 cm) |
Material | ivory (animal material) |
Technique | carved |
Colour | ivory white |
Other materials | iron, silver (metal) |
Traces of use | slijtage |
Continent | Europe |
Region international | Western Europe |
Country | France |
Region national | Seine Maritime |
Town | Dieppe |
Year | 2011 |
Provenance | Groningen, Niemeyer Tabaksmuseum, <1975-2011, nr 190 (oud nr 664.18) |
Georg Alfred Brongers (Georg Alfred Brongers), Van Gouwenaar tot bruyère pijp. Amerongen, 1978. p 106. Dit exemplaar. Bijschrift: Ivoren snuifrasp, zgn. 'travail de Dieppe', begin 18e eeuw. |
Groningen, Niemeyer Tabaksmuseum, 1978-2010, verdieping. |
Breda, Turfschip, tentoonstelling "Toeback-Tabak", 11-20 april 1981. |
Mechelen, Centrum voor Speelgoed en Volkskunde, tentoonstelling "Hij die geen pijpje roken kan", 15 november 1985 - 15 oktober 1986. |
Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, tentoonstelling "De edele mode van het snuiven, objecten rondom snuiftabak uit de Niemeyer collectie", 1 november - 15 december 2011. |
Amsterdam Pipe Museum, tentoonstelling "Cultuur snuiven, de geheimen van snuiftabak", 27 augustus - 10 december 2016. |
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