Museum number:
APM 21.504 |
Subcollection:
clay pipes |
Title:
tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
head negress |
Description:
Clay tobacco pipe with figural bowl, round bottom without heel and ascending stem with stub. Bowl head of a negro woman with stylized facial features, frizzy hair and large ears, narrow collar to stem transition. Painting enamel in black and white on eyes, eyebrows and teeth. |
Date:
Period | 1835 - 1850 |
Dimensions:
General | Height | 2.13 in (5.4 cm) |
Bowl | Height | 2.09 in (5.3 cm) |
Width | 1.46 in (3.7 cm) | |
Stem | Length | 1.57 in (4 cm) |
Characteristics
Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
Pipe shape | figural |
Material | pipe clay (ceramic) |
Technique | press moulded |
Colour | white |
Finish | schilderemail, wit, zwart |
Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
Continent | Europe |
Region international | Western Europe |
Country | France |
Region national | Ardennes |
Town | Givet |
Maker | Blanc-Garin & Guyot |
Trade number | 224 |
Trade name | nègre |
Mark | BG (stempel, ketel oz.) |
Acquisition
Year | 2013 |
Provenance | Parijs, Piasa, veilinghuis Nouveau Drouot, lot 461 |
Gisy-les-Nobles, Daniel Mazaleyrat, <1990-2009 |
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