Museum number:
| APM 21.996 |
Subcollection:
| porcelain pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| floral initial |
Description:
Tobacco pipe made of porcelain with a stummel bowl, cylindrical heel and straight insert stem with four incisions. Bowl front handpainted in multicolour the capital letter "K" in flower buds, below the filt a surrounding wreath of ivy leaves in gold leaf. Heel around a star shape in gold leaf. Bowl internal underglaze factory brand crossed sabers. Original bronze valve cover with a deepened circle shape in the center in which star shape of five leaves, traces of gilding. Bowl inside round collector label with "SAMMLUNG DR. H. BERG" and central with pen number "303". |
Date:
| Period | 1820 - 1830 |
Dimensions:
| General | Height | 3.39 in (8.6 cm) |
| Bowl | Height | 3.07 in (7.8 cm) |
| Width | 1.3 in (3.3 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 1.38 in (3.5 cm) |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | insert pipe |
| Pipe shape | high oval stummel porcelain bowl |
| Material | porcelain (ceramic) |
| Technique | thrown (potters' wheel), slip cast |
| Colour | white |
| Other materials | bronze (metal) |
| Finish | glazuur, meerkleuren, bladgoud |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Continent | Europe |
| Region international | Western Europe |
| Country | Germany |
| Region national | Saxony |
| Town | Meissen |
| Maker | Königlichen Sächsischen Porzellan-Manufaktur |
| Mark | gekruiste sabels (geschilderd onderglazuur blauw, ketel inw.) |
Acquisition
| Year | 2014 |
Literature
| Hartmut Berg, Herrn Biedermeiers Rauchvergnügen 23. Oktober 2010. Heidelberg, 2010. p 46, lot 92. Dit exemplaar. |
| Don Duco, Object van de maand. Amsterdam, 2001. februari 2015, nr 165. Beknopte bespreking van dit exemplaar. |
| Don Duco, Stummels, twee eeuwen smaakmakend. Amsterdam, 2020. afb 72. Dit exemplaar. |
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