Museum number:

APM 64c

Subcollection:

tools

Title:

mark stamp

Keyword:

heel stamp

Description:

Merkstempel of merkhoutje voor het hielen van kleipijpen met cilindrisch gehard ijzeren staafje met merk in houten handgreep, eenzijdig afgeplat.

Date:

Period 1800 - 1870


Dimensions:

GeneralWidth0.59 in (1.5 cm)
Length2.48 in (6.3 cm)
Weight12 gram
Characteristics
Materialiron (metal)
Techniqueforged, hardened
Colourrusty brown
Other materialswood
Oher techniquescarved
Other colourslight brown
Traces of use slijtage
Production
ContinentEurope
Region internationalWestern Europe
CountryThe Netherlands
Region nationalSouth Holland
TownGouda
MakerFirma Jan Prince & Cie II
Mark D gekroond (spiegelbeeldig) (stempel, hiel)
Acquisition
Year 1983
Provenance Amsterdam, antiquair Stam, Spiegelstraat
's-Gravenhage, particulier bezit, 1981
Gouda, Firma Jan Prince & Cie II, -1897

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