Museum number:

APM 7.378

Subcollection:

clay pipes

Title:

tobacco pipe

Keyword:

skull

Description:

Tabakspijp van klei met figurale ketel, zonder hiel en korte oplopende steel met manchet. Ketel mensenschedel. Steel links in reliëf "L. FIOLET ST OMER", rechts modelnummer "564" en weerszijden schedel met twee knoken. Schilderemail in wit op tanden en oogkassen.

Date:

Period 1860 - 1890


Dimensions:

BowlHeight1.61 in (4.1 cm)
Width1.3 in (3.3 cm)
StemLength1.18 in (3 cm)
Weight37 gram
Characteristics
Pipe type stub stemmed pipe
Pipe shape figural
Materialpipe clay (ceramic)
Techniquepress moulded
Colourwhite
Finish email, wit
Traces of use ongerookt
Production
ContinentEurope
Region internationalWestern Europe
CountryFrance
Region nationalPas-de-Calais
TownSaint-Omer
MakerFirme L. Fiolet
Trade number 564
Mark "L. FIOLET ST.OMER" (reliëf, steel li.)
Acquisition
Year 1979
Provenance Amsterdam-Oost, antiekwinkel
Engeland, particulier bezit, <1970-1978
Exhibition
Leiden, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, vitrine 19de eeuw, 29 september 1982 - 31 december 1993.

If you have any comments, suggestions or additions, click here to send us an email