Museum number:
| APM 4.550 |
Subcollection:
| ceramic pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| head negro |
Description:
Tobacco pipe made of slip cast clay with hollow-walled figural bowl, without heel and ascending plug in stem. Bowl head of a negro with short frizzy hair. Transparent glaze with strong hairlines. Original mounting with silver ferrule marked with "STERLING SILVER" and black hard rubber stem. |
Date:
| Period | 1925 - 1935 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 2.8 in (7.1 cm) |
| Width | 2.28 in (5.8 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 2.17 in (5.5 cm) |
| Length total | 6.3 in (16 cm) | |
| Weight | 94 gram |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | insert pipe |
| Pipe shape | figural |
| Material | slip (ceramic) |
| Technique | slip cast |
| Colour | white |
| Other materials | silver (metal), hardrubber (synthetic material) |
| Finish | glazuur, transparant |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Continent | Europe |
| Region international | Western Europe |
| Country | England |
| Mark | "STERLING SILVER" (ingeslagen, busje) |
Acquisition
| Year | 1993 |
| Provenance | Londen, Portobelloroad antiquemarket |
| Londen, antiekhandel, 1993 | |
| New Haven, particulier bezit, <1975-1987 |
Literature
| Don Duco, De nadagen van de figuurpijp, recente portretpijpen tussen klei en ceramiek. Amsterdam, 2011. afb 19. Dit exemplaar. |
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