Museum number:
| APM 22.806 |
Subcollection:
| clay pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| crouching woman with fool, fish |
Description:
Clay tobacco pipe with figural bowl, round flattened base without heel and ascending stem with stub. Bowl crouching naked woman, the head protrudes above the bowl opening to the right, in front of her a standing angel with two wings, along the bottom of the bowl a fish with the head at the bowl base and the tail swinging up along the stem. Press mould in three parts. |
Date:
| Period | 1825 - 1850 |
Dimensions:
| General | Height | 3.07 in (7.8 cm) |
| Bowl | Height | 2.44 in (6.2 cm) |
| Width | 1.69 in (4.3 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 2.17 in (5.5 cm) |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
| Pipe shape | figural |
| Material | pipe clay (ceramic) |
| Technique | press moulded |
| Colour | white |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Continent | Europe |
| Region international | Western Europe |
| Country | France |
| Region national | Pas-de-Calais |
| Town | Saint-Omer |
| Maker | Firme L. Fiolet (?) |
Acquisition
| Year | 2017 |
Literature
| Don Duco, aaaDe Nederlandse kleipijp, handboek voor het determineren. Amsterdam, 2024. hfst 1, p , afb 64. Dit exemplaar. |
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