Museum number:
APM 8.717 |
Subcollection:
clay pipes |
Title:
cigar pipe |
Keyword:
fish, frog |
Description:
Sigarenpijp van klei met buisvorm met figurale ketel, zonder hiel en afgeplatte spits. Ketel zeemonster met geopende bek, een kikker in hoogreliëf op de kop. Steel links intaglio "DUMERIL" en rechts "ST.OMER". Geheel bedekt met loodglazuur in geelgetint met groen dooraderd. |
Date:
Period | 1860 - 1870 |
Dimensions:
General | Length | 2.72 in (6.9 cm) |
Diameter | 0.47 in (1.2 cm) | |
Weight | 11 gram |
Characteristics
Pipe type | tubular pipe |
Pipe shape | figural |
Material | pipe clay (ceramic) |
Technique | press moulded |
Colour | white |
Finish | loodglazuur, transparant met groen |
Traces of use | ongerookt |
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 |
Mark | "DUMERIL" (intaglio, steel li.) "ST. OMER" (intaglio, steel re.) |
Acquisition
Year | 1985 |
Provenance | Parijs, Denise Corbier, antiquaire |
Parijs, antiekhandel, 1984 |
Comments
Fairholt, 1859, p 223. Beeldt deze pijp af met de tekst: A very cheap holder has been made of pipe-clay, and is not deficient in quaint fancy. The example we select comes from the prolific pipe-factories in France, and costs but a penny. Vgl. APM 8.699 de persvorm van deze kleipijp. |
Exhibition
Leiden, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, vitrine 19de eeuw, maart 1985 - 31 december 1993. |
Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, achterkamer, vitrine Frankrijk, v.a. 1999. |
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