Museum number:
| APM 21.285 |
Subcollection:
| wooden pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| head Anacreon with mustache and beard |
Description:
| Tabakspijp van bruyère met billiard ketel, zonder hiel en rechte steel. Ketel voorzijde in hoogreliëf in cirkelvorm hoofd Anacreon met halflang haar, snor en baard in twee punten. Tige links intaglio in driehoek "WDC". Oorspronkelijk recht transparant rood kunststof roer met afgeplat eind en knoop. |
Date:
| Period | 1890 - 1910 |
Dimensions:
| General | Height | 2.24 in (5.7 cm) |
| Bowl | Height | 2.09 in (5.3 cm) |
| Width | 1.81 in (4.6 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 1.97 in (5 cm) |
| Length total | 5.12 in (13 cm) |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | insert pipe |
| Pipe shape | London |
| Material | briar (wood) |
| Technique | milled |
| Colour | brown |
| Other materials | synthetic material |
| Traces of use | ongerookt |
Production
| Continent | North America |
| Country | United States |
| Region national | New York (state) |
| Town | New York |
| Maker | William Demuth & Company |
| Mark | "WDC" (intaglio, tige li.) |
Acquisition
| Year | 2002 |
| Provenance | Wenen, Wiener Kunst Auktionen, 22/23-10-2002, lot 954 |
| Wenen, Austria Tabak Museum, 1992-2002 | |
| Richmond Va., Valentine Museum, 1957-1992 | |
| American Tobacco Company, Half and Half collection, 1940-1957 | |
| New-York, D.A. Schulte, Schulte Cigar Stores, 1925-1940 | |
| New-York, collectie William Demuth & Company, <1910-1925 |
Exhibition
| Wenen, Austria Tabak Museum, permanente presentatie, vitrine bruyère pijpen, <1985-2000. |
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