Museum number:
| APM 6.912 |
Subcollection:
| clay pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| head man with executioner's hood, bird claw |
Description:
Tobacco pipe made of clay with figural bowl, without heel and straight stem. Bowl head executioner with crooked nose and leather hood on the head. Bowl at the stem bird's claw. Stem left embossed shape number "161". Stem intaglio "GAMBIER A PARIS M*M DEPOSE". Painted enamel in pink, white and black. |
Date:
| Period | 1860 - 1890 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 1.73 in (4.4 cm) |
| Width | 1.34 in (3.4 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 5.71 in (14.5 cm) |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stem pipe |
| Pipe shape | figural |
| Material | pipe clay (ceramic) |
| Technique | press moulded |
| Colour | white |
| Finish | email, drie kleuren |
| Traces of use | ongerookt |
Production
| Continent | Europe |
| Region international | Western Europe |
| Country | France |
| Region national | Ardennes |
| Town | Givet |
| Maker | Gambier |
| Trade number | 161 |
| Trade name | fantaisie inquisiteur griffe de coq |
| Mark | "GAMBIER A PARIS M*M DEPOSE" (intaglio, steel) |
Acquisition
| Year | 1978 |
| Provenance | Groningen, Georg A. Brongers, 1976-1978 |
| Nijmegen, collectie Kerssemakers, <1955-1976 |
Literature
| Georg Alfred Brongers, Van Gouwenaar tot bruyère pijp. Amerongen, 1978. kaft. Dit exemplaar. |
| Don Duco, Jaarverslag Pijpenkamer Icon 1978. Amsterdam, 1979. p 6. Dit exemplaar. |
Exhibition
| Leiden, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, vitrine 19de eeuw, 29 september 1982 - 31 december 1993. |
| Wenen, Österreichisches Tabakmuseum, tentoonstelling "Die 2000 Jährige Geschichte der Tonpfeifen", 23 juni 1994 - 10 september 1994. |
| Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, zaal, vitrine 4, v.a. 2001. |
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