Museum number:
APM 21.053 |
Subcollection:
wooden pipes |
Title:
tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
man head with hat |
Description:
Tobacco pipe made of wood with figural bowl, round underside without heel and rising stem without stub. Bowl head of a man with a small mustache and goatee, tonsure on the back of the head, a hemispherical hat with a curved tip and three whimsical curled edges, secured with a silver chain, a simple knotted scarf with a bow on the front. Eyes with glass inlaid, the teeth mother-of-pearl. Bowl internally covered with sheet iron. Stem end silver manchette with stem holder and locking ring. |
Date:
Period | 1770 - 1820 |
Dimensions:
General | Height | 4.06 in (10.3 cm) |
Bowl | Height | 2.44 in (6.2 cm) |
Width | 1.65 in (4.2 cm) | |
Stem | Length | 2.95 in (7.5 cm) |
Characteristics
Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
Pipe shape | figural |
Material | wood |
Technique | carved |
Colour | brown |
Other materials | mother of pearl (organic material), silver (metal), glass (inorganic material) |
Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
Continent | Europe |
Region international | Central Europe |
Country | Switzerland (?) |
Acquisition
Year | 2012 |
Provenance | Brussel, Patrick Crowyn, antiquair |
Brussel, particulier bezit, <2000-2012 |
Literature
Don Duco, Hoogtepunten uit het Amsterdam Pipe Museum. Amsterdam, 2020. hoofdstuk: Fantasieportret man met driekante hoed. Dit exemplaar. |
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