Museum number:
| APM 6.446 |
Subcollection:
| clay pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| "RAOB", buffalo head |
Description:
| Tabakspijp van klei met kromkop ketel, hiel en licht gebogen steel met glad afgesneden steeleind. Snijfilt. Filtradering in de persvorm. Ketel voorzijde in reliëf buffelkop met hoorns waarboven "RAOB" (Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes). Spoor weerszijden vierbladig bloempje. Steel intaglio links overlangs intaglio "HINKINS", rechts "CHATHAM". |
Date:
| Period | 1840 - 1880 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 1.61 in (4.1 cm) |
| Width | 0.94 in (2.4 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 4.72 in (12 cm) |
| Weight | 17 gram |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stem pipe |
| Pipe shape | asymmetrical oval |
| Material | pipe clay (ceramic) |
| Technique | press moulded |
| Colour | white |
| Traces of use | ongerookt |
Production
| Continent | Europe |
| Region international | Western Europe |
| Country | England |
| Region national | Kent |
| Town | Chatham |
| Maker | Hinkins |
| Mark | "HINKINS" (intaglio, steel li.) "CHATHAM" (intaglio, steel re.) |
Acquisition
| Year | 1977 |
| Provenance | Londen, antiekhandel, 1977 |
Literature
| Don Duco, RAOB-pijpen. AmsterdamPijpelijntjes, III/2, 1977. p 7, afb 4. Dit exemplaar. |
| Don Duco, Jaarverslag Pijpenkamer Icon 1977; Goedewaagen pijpen, Belgische pijpen, Engelsche pijpen. Amsterdam, 1978. p 51. Dit exemplaar. |
Exhibition
| Leiden, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, vitrine 19de eeuw, 29 september 1982 - 4 juni 1986. |
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