Museum number:
APM 22.528 |
Subcollection:
ceramic pipes |
Title:
tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
bust Anacreon with lid |
Description:
Tobacco pipe of cast clay with figural bowl, sloping bottom without heel and ascending stem with stub. Bowl bust of Anacreon with a ribbon in his hair with a vine in between, the round bust lined with a chain with an oval medallion in the center. Complete with bowl lid with ceramic eyelet and brass chain to a ceramic locking eyelet at the bottom of the stem. Stem bottom pressed model number "165". Entirely covered with red lacquer and details heightened with gold. |
Date:
Period | 1840 - 1855 |
Dimensions:
General | Height | 3.27 in (8.3 cm) |
Bowl | Height | 2.64 in (6.7 cm) |
Width | 1.97 in (5 cm) | |
Stem | Length | 1.97 in (5 cm) |
Characteristics
Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
Pipe shape | figural |
Material | slip, siderolith (ceramic) |
Technique | slip cast |
Colour | cream |
Other materials | brass (metal) |
Finish | verf, rood |
Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
Continent | Europe |
Region international | Western Europe |
Country | Germany |
Region national | Thuringia |
Town | Ruhla |
Trade number | 165 |
Acquisition
Year | 2016 |
Comments
Door verzamelaar Demoly toegeschreven aan Duméril vanwege de grote gelijkenis met de Anacreon van die fabriek en het gebruik van rode lak. |
Literature
Don Duco, Rondom siderolith, tussen fijnaardewerk en protoporselein. Amsterdam, 2018. afb 15. Dit exemplaar. |
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