Museum number:
| APM 7.071 |
Subcollection:
| clay pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| caricatural head man |
Description:
| Tobacco pipe made of clay with figural bowl, heel marking and straight stem with button end. Bowl caricature head of a man with curled mustache, the tongue out of the open mouth, pointy goatee and the hair in a high pointed curl on the head, stem-set three lofty leaves. Stem intaglio "DUMERIL LEURS ST.OMER DEPOSE". Enamel painting in green, pink, black and white on hair band, tongue, eyebrows and eyes. Stem end string. |
Date:
| Period | 1850 - 1875 |
Dimensions:
| General | Height | 2.36 in (6 cm) |
| Bowl | Height | 1.54 in (3.9 cm) |
| Width | 1.54 in (3.9 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 5.31 in (13.5 cm) |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stem pipe |
| Pipe shape | figural |
| Material | pipe clay (ceramic) |
| Technique | press moulded |
| Colour | white |
| Finish | email, vier kleuren |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Continent | Europe |
| Region international | Western Europe |
| Country | France |
| Region national | Pas-de-Calais |
| Town | Saint-Omer |
| Maker | Firme E. Duméril, H. Leurs et Cie |
| Trade number | 243 |
| Mark | "DUMERIL LEURS ST.OMER DEPOSE" (intaglio, steel) |
Acquisition
| Year | 2016 |
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