Museum number:
| APM 5.136a |
Subcollection:
| clay pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| sitting monkey |
Description:
Tobacco pipe made of clay with figural bowl, without heel with rising stem without stub. Bowl sitting monkey with the right hand on the right knee, figural stem representing a tree stump on which the animal sits. Stem left embossed "GAMBIER A PARIS" and right shape number "435". Painted enamel in brown, green, pink, white and black. |
Date:
| Period | 1870 - 1895 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 3.7 in (9.4 cm) |
| Width | 1.46 in (3.7 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 1.38 in (3.5 cm) |
| Weight | 96 gram |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
| Pipe shape | figural |
| Material | pipe clay (ceramic) |
| Technique | press moulded |
| Colour | white |
| Finish | email, vijf kleuren |
| Traces of use | ongerookt |
Production
| Continent | Europe |
| Region international | Western Europe |
| Country | France |
| Region national | Ardennes |
| Town | Givet |
| Maker | Gambier |
| Trade number | 435 |
| Trade name | singe Joko, tête |
| Mark | JG (stempel, steel onderzijde) "GAMBIER A PARIS" (reliëf, steel links) |
Acquisition
| Year | 1993 |
| Provenance | Parijs, Denise Corbier, antiquaire |
| Parijs, particulier bezit, 1993 |
Literature
| Ruud van der Neut, Toeback & toebehoren. Baarn, 2001. foto. Dit exemplaar. |
| Don Duco, Benedict Goes, De Franse figuurpijp in de negentiende eeuw. Amsterdam, 2010. afb 150. Dit exemplaar. |
Exhibition
| Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, achterkamer, vitrine Frankrijk, v.a. 1999. |
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