Museum number:
APM 22.225 |
Subcollection:
smokers' utensils |
Title:
pipe case |
Keyword:
head man with cap |
Description:
Pipe case of palm wood in the shape of a clay pipe with an oval-shaped figural pipe bowl, explicit thumb rest and straight openwork stem. Bowl part flips open with a flap and has the shape of a man's head with cap with flap, the pupils in ivory, a kind of button or thumb rest in swirling carving on the lid, handle with two zones of open loops, handle end of the legs ring. Bowl part top a circular brass plate hinge. |
Date:
Period | 1800 - 1840 |
Dimensions:
General | Height | 3.35 in (8.5 cm) |
Length | 12.6 in (32 cm) |
Characteristics
Material | boxwood (wood) |
Technique | carved |
Colour | dark brown |
Other materials | ivory (animal material), brass (metal) |
Traces of use | lichte gebruiksslijtage |
Production
Continent | Europe |
Region international | Western Europe |
Country | Belgium |
Region national | Flanders |
Acquisition
Year | 2015 |
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