Collection of pipe stoppers

15 August 2023

Dutch smokers have used a pipe cleaner for centuries to empty the pipe after smoking. In England, the pipe stopper is a more common implement to press the tobacco in the pipe. Our collection has recently been enlarged with a significant group of such stoppers. Most of these objects were purchased in the English antique trade, but ended up in a French collection for many years. If you search for the word pipe stopper in our database, you will get a nice impression of the extension of this unexpected sub-collection. Follow this link: https://pipemuseum.nl/pipestopper

Article in Panorama

12 August 2023

The well-known weekly Panorama, legendary for its focus on crime, entertainment and sports is not exactly known as a magazine for art and culture. That is why it is all the more an honor that they published an article about the Amsterdam Pipe Museum. It has become an appetizer for the would-be museum visitor who would expect that an old smoking pipe is not appealing. The opposite is true, as is proven by author Rens Nijholt, who has provided his story with tasty photos by Mischa de Muynck. See for yourself in Panorama number 31, 2023 page 22 and following.

A house full of tobacco

5 August 2023

As of today, a striking tobacco jar that is not immediately recognizable as such will take center stage in our museum hall. It is a Delft blue-painted house with a stepped gable representing a miniature tobacco shop. This was a sought-after object for late nineteenth-century smokers who loved the old Dutch style. It is reminiscent of the small-scale tobacco shop that could be found in many streets, but also of the Frisian petty bourgeoisie of copying this in miniature. Apart from its show-off function, it was also an object of hospitality. By lifting the roof of the house you find the fragrant Frisian baai tobacco. Just grab some tobacco and pack your pipe, not only the for the master of the house, his grown sons but especially for their guests....