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:

GeneralHeight10.24 in (26 cm)
Width7.8 in (19.8 cm)
Characteristics
Materialpaper
Techniqueprinted
Colourwhite
Finish inkt, zwart
Traces of use slijtage
Production
ContinentEurope
Region internationalWestern Europe
CountryThe Netherlands
Region nationalNorth Holland
TownAmsterdam
MakerChristoffel Prange
Acquisition
Year 2011
Provenance Groningen, Niemeyer Tabaksmuseum, 1963-2011, nr BB694
Middelstum, collectie G.A. Brongers, -1963
Literature
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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