Museum number:

APM 22.070

Subcollection:

smokers' utensils

Title:

pipe case

Keyword:

pipe case figural horse

Description:

Pipe case of walnut with figurative shape, the case opens with a longitudinal slider. Part of the pipe bowl of a horse's head and neck, the front legs holding a coat of arms on which cut out an arm with saber above and a dotted field below in two quarters. Stem end a crocodile-like animal head.

Date:

Period 1750 - 1780


Dimensions:

GeneralWidth2.76 in (7 cm)
Length12.6 in (32 cm)
Thickness1.34 in (3.4 cm)
Characteristics
Materialwalnut (wood)
Techniquecarved
Colourbrown
Traces of use slijtage
Production
ContinentEurope
Region internationalWestern Europe
CountryFrance
Acquisition
Year 2015
Comments
Interessante pijpenkas omdat het om een ongewone voorstelling gaat. In gebruik zit deze in de smalle broekzak van de culot en steekt de paardenkop er heel ironisch boven uit.

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