Museum number:

APM 9.127

Subcollection:

clay pipes

Title:

tobacco pipe

Keyword:

head jester with large nose and ruff

Description:

Tabakspijp van klei met figurale ketel, zonder hiel en rechte steel. Ketel hoofd nar met grote haakneus en onopvallende plooikraag. Geheel bedekt met gevlamd loodglazuur, zogenaamde email de Flandre.

Date:

Period 1880 - 1910


Dimensions:

BowlHeight1.73 in (4.4 cm)
Width1.5 in (3.8 cm)
StemLength2.95 in (7.5 cm)
Weight27 gram
Characteristics
Pipe type stem pipe
Pipe shape figural
Materialpipe clay (ceramic)
Techniquepress moulded
Colourwhite
Finish loodglazuur, meerkleuren
Traces of use ongerookt
Production
ContinentEurope
Region internationalWestern Europe
CountryBelgium
Region nationalLimburg (Belgian)
TownBrée
MakerJean-Jacques Knoedgen
Trade number 106
Mark JK (stempel, ketel oz.)
Acquisition
Year 1986
Provenance Monceau sur Sambre, Philippe Sottiaux
Brussel, collectie Jean Copin, <1960-1986

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