Museum number:

APM 8.461

Subcollection:

clay pipes

Title:

tobacco pipe

Keyword:

head man with embroidered beret

Description:

Tabakspijp van klei met figurale ketel, zonder hiel en oplopende steel met manchet. Ketel hoofd man met snor, baard en schuinstaande baret met geborduurde rand. Steel onderzijde in reliëf gestileerd bladmotief. Manchet links in reliëf "GAMBIER A", manchet rechts "PARIS 790". Schilderemail in geel, wit en zwart.

Date:

Period 1860 - 1895


Dimensions:

BowlHeight1.97 in (5 cm)
Width1.34 in (3.4 cm)
StemLength0.79 in (2 cm)
Weight42 gram
Characteristics
Pipe type stub stemmed pipe
Pipe shape figural
Materialpipe clay (ceramic)
Techniquepress moulded
Colourwhite
Finish email, drie kleuren
Traces of use gerookt
Production
ContinentEurope
Region internationalWestern Europe
CountryFrance
Region nationalArdennes
TownGivet
MakerGambier
Trade number 790
Trade name béarnais, tête
Mark JG (stempel, manchet oz.)
"GAMBIER" (reliëf, manchet li.)
"PARIS 790" (reliëf, manchet re.)
Acquisition
Year 1984
Provenance Hilversum, collectie René Hogguer, 1980-1984
Londen, Portobelloroad antiquemarket, 1980

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