Museum number:
| APM 27.096 |
Subcollection:
| labels and tobacco wrappers |
Title:
| tabakswikkel |
Keyword:
| city hall of Amsterdam |
Description:
Tobacco vignette printed on paper with square woodcut of the Amsterdam city hall in simple smooth frame, above "HET AMSTERDAMSE STADHUYS", along the base of the block "PUYKS PUYKS KRUL TABAK CHRISTOFFEL PRANGE, FABRIECQ: TOT AMSTERDAM" (best, best curly pipe tobacco from Christoffel Prange, factory in Amsterdam), in the corners "NO. I. ". Framed in passepartout. |
Date:
| Period | 1770 - 1820 |
Dimensions:
| General | Height | 10.24 in (26 cm) |
| Width | 7.8 in (19.8 cm) |
Characteristics
| Material | paper |
| Technique | printed |
| Colour | white |
| Finish | inkt, zwart |
| Traces of use | slijtage |
Production
| Continent | Europe |
| Region international | Western Europe |
| Country | The Netherlands |
| Region national | North Holland |
| Town | Amsterdam |
| Maker | Christoffel Prange |
Acquisition
| Year | 2011 |
| Provenance | Groningen, Niemeyer Tabaksmuseum, 1963-2011, nr BB694 |
| Middelstum, collectie G.A. Brongers, -1963 |
Literature
| G.A. Brongers (Georg Alfred Brongers), Nicotiana tabacum; The History of Tobacco And Tobacco Smoking in the Netherlands. Groningen, 1964. p 128, boven. Dit exemplaar. |
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