Museum number:
| APM 21.535 |
Subcollection:
| clay pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| bust Don Quichotte |
Description:
Clay tobacco pipe with figural bowl, lenticular bottom and ascending stem with stub. Bowl bust of Don Quixote with bony face with thin moustache and narrow goatee, hat with brim, left a half moon cut out, bust a v-shaped collar on a simple suit of armour. Bowl bottom with ink price indication "12 F". |
Date:
| Period | 1835 - 1850 |
Dimensions:
| General | Height | 2.44 in (6.2 cm) |
| Bowl | Height | 1.97 in (5 cm) |
| Width | 1.26 in (3.2 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 0.98 in (2.5 cm) |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
| Pipe shape | figural |
| Material | pipe clay (ceramic) |
| Technique | press moulded |
| Colour | white |
| Traces of use | ongerookt |
Production
| Continent | Europe |
| Region international | Western Europe |
| Country | France |
| Region national | Pas-de-Calais |
| Town | Saint-Omer |
| Maker | Firme L. Fiolet |
| Mark | LF (stempel, ketel oz.) |
Acquisition
| Year | 2013 |
| Provenance | Parijs, Piasa, veilinghuis Nouveau Drouot, lot 237 |
| Gisy-les-Nobles, Daniel Mazaleyrat, <1985-2009 |
Comments
| Vgl. APM 21.494, APM 21.495, APM 21.496 en APM 21.498 door Mazaleyrat uit dezelfde bron verworven en uit dezelfde periode. |
Literature
| André Leclaire, Quelques marques de pipiers Français inusitées. LiverpoolJournal of the Académie Internationale de la Pipe, 10/, 2017. p 71, merk 29. Dit exemplaar (het merk). |
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