Museum number:
| APM 8.722a |
Subcollection:
| ceramic pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| head general De Gaulle |
Description:
Tobacco pipe made of slip cast clay with hollow-walled trumpet shaped figural bowl, without heel and straight push in stem. Bowl stylized head of General De Gaulle with distinctive large nose and flat cap with flap on the front. Stem underside incised signature "GEM A 3/40". Art glaze in brown-green colour. Originally black hard rubber mouthpiece with slightly curved flattened end and knot. Stem left intaglio "GEMA". |
Date:
| Period | 1970 - 1971 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 2.76 in (7 cm) |
| Width | 1.85 in (4.7 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 1.57 in (4 cm) |
| Length total | 2.76 in (7 cm) | |
| Weight | 58 gram |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | insert pipe |
| Pipe shape | figural |
| Material | slip (ceramic) |
| Technique | slip cast |
| Colour | red-brown |
| Other materials | hardrubber (synthetic material) |
| Finish | glazuur, reactief |
| Traces of use | ongerookt |
Production
| Continent | Europe |
| Region international | Western Europe |
| Country | France |
| Town | Vallauris |
| Maker | Marcel Giraud (ceramist) |
| Mark | "GEMA 3/40" (ingekrast, steel oz.) "GEMA" (intaglio, roer li.) |
Acquisition
| Year | 1985 |
| Provenance | Parijs, Denise Corbier, antiquaire |
| Parijs, particulier bezit, <1975-1984 |
Comments
| Vervaardigd in een oplage van 40 genummerde exemplaren. Afgebeeld in Pipe, the worldwide pipe smoker's magazine, vol 10, 1999, p 50, Famous Pipes, Pipes Célèbres, Pipas Famosas. Dit exemplaar. |
Literature
| Benedict Goes, 25 eeuwen roken; De verwonderlijke vormgeving van de pijp. , 1993. p 53, foto. Dit exemplaar. |
| Benedict Goes, The Intriguing Design of Tobacco Pipes. Leiden, 1993. p 53, foto. Dit exemplaar. |
| Don Duco, De nadagen van de figuurpijp, recente portretpijpen tussen klei en ceramiek. Amsterdam, 2011. afb 30. Dit exemplaar. |
Exhibition
| Turnhout (België), De Warande, tentoonstelling "Verzamelen is ook een kunst", 24 juni - 24 augustus 1986. |
| Amsterdam, Tropenmuseum, tentoonstelling "500 jaar tabakscultuur", 9 oktober 1992 - 9 oktober 1993. |
| Wenen, Österreichisches Tabakmuseum, tentoonstelling "Die 2000 Jährige Geschichte der Tonpfeifen", 23 juni 1994 - 10 september 1994. |
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