Museum number:
| APM 8.535b |
Subcollection:
| clay pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| bird's head with curved beak |
Description:
| Tabakspijp van klei met figurale ketel, zonder hiel en oplopende steel met manchet. Ketel kop van vogel met menselijke trekken met uitpuilende ogen, omhoog gebogen snavel en oren. Steel rechts in reliëf "GAMBIER A PARIS", steel links in liggend stippelovaal modelnummer "48". |
Date:
| Period | 1880 - 1890 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 2.44 in (6.2 cm) |
| Width | 1.54 in (3.9 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 0.98 in (2.5 cm) |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
| Pipe shape | figural |
| Material | pipe clay (ceramic) |
| Technique | press moulded |
| Colour | white |
| Traces of use | ongerookt |
Production
| Continent | Europe |
| Region international | Western Europe |
| Country | France |
| Region national | Ardennes |
| Town | Givet |
| Maker | Gambier |
| Trade number | 48 |
| Trade name | bec d'oiseau, tête |
| Mark | JG (stempel, steel oz.) "GAMBIER A PARIS" (reliëf, steel re.) |
Acquisition
| Year | 1996 |
| Provenance | Parijs, collectie Bertrand Lazard, c. 1985-1996 |
| Parijs, antiekhandel, c. 1985 |
Exhibition
| Arnhem, Openluchtmuseum, pijpencollectie in paviljoen Sparenburg, september 2004 - januari 2015. |
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