Museum number:

APM 9.610a

Subcollection:

excavated pipes

Title:

tobacco pipe

Keyword:

center of gravity diamond with lilies

Description:

Tabakspijp van klei met slanke dubbelconische ketel, hiel en rechte steel. Filtradering. Ketel en steel geglaasd. Steel zwaartepunt lelies in ruiten. Steel ijzerverontreiniging.

Date:

Period 1655 - 1665


Dimensions:

BowlHeight1.42 in (3.6 cm)
Width0.67 in (1.7 cm)
StemLength9.25 in (23.5 cm)
Characteristics
Pipe type stem pipe
Pipe shape bi conical
Materialpipe clay (ceramic)
Techniquepress moulded
Colourwhite
Finish geglaasd
Traces of use gerookt
Production
ContinentEurope
Region internationalWestern Europe
CountryThe Netherlands
Region nationalSouth Holland
TownGouda
MakerReijnier Aelbertse de Vos
Mark vos op zijn gat + RA (stempel, hiel)
Acquisition
Year 1987
Provenance Leiden, Ron Meerman
Excavation site Leiden, Doelengracht, latrine, 1987
Literature
Don Duco, Gedachten rond een raadselachtig vondstcomplex. Amsterdam, 1995. afb 18. Dit exemplaar.

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