Museum number:

APM 8.463

Subcollection:

clay pipes

Title:

tobacco pipe

Keyword:

jockey, horse head

Description:

Tobacco pipe made of clay with figural bowl, without heel and short up going stem with stub. Bowl horse head with on the neck jockey with cap, full-bodied and strikingly modeled. Stem in the neck of the animal, cuff with knot with ribs. Reins bottom embossed "GISCLON A PARIS 475".

Date:

Period 1855 - 1875


Dimensions:

BowlHeight3.58 in (9.1 cm)
Characteristics
Pipe type stub stemmed pipe
Pipe shape figural
Materialpipe clay (ceramic)
Techniquepress moulded
Colourred
Traces of use ongerookt
Production
ContinentEurope
Region internationalWestern Europe
CountryFrance
Region nationalNord
TownLille
MakerGisclon
Trade number 475
Trade name tête jockey
Mark "GISCLON A PARIS" (reliëf, teugel oz.)
Acquisition
Year 1984
Provenance Hilversum, collectie René Hogguer, 1979-1984
Londen, Antiquarius, Brian Tipping, 1979
Literature
Bert Bolle, Eeuwen opgegaan in rook. Arts en Auto, XXXXVI/22, 1980. p 2151, afb. Dit exemplaar. Bijschrift: Ruiter te paard, firma Gisclon, Frankrijk circa 1880.
Benedict Goes (Benedict Goes), 25 eeuwen roken; De verwonderlijke vormgeving van de pijp. , 1993. p 37, foto. Dit exemplaar.
Benedict Goes (Benedict Goes), The Intriguing Design of Tobacco Pipes. Leiden, 1993. p 37, foto. Dit exemplaar.
Exhibition
Leiden, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, vitrine 19de eeuw, oktober 1984 - 31 december 1993.
Wenen, Österreichisches Tabakmuseum, tentoonstelling "Die 2000 Jährige Geschichte der Tonpfeifen", 23 juni 1994 - 10 september 1994.
Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, achterkamer, vitrine Frankrijk, v.a. 1999.

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