Advent calendar

15 December 2024

This year, the advent calendar seems to have been rediscovered as a medium for commerce. The Amsterdam City Calendar was created, more focused on the promotion of local enterprises. Our museum is listed on it under day 12, today. Most users will not know the Amsterdam Pipe Museum and are now invited to take a look in an accessible way. As a souvenir, they will receive a present. We are curious to see what this action will yield.

Duco's manual available again

12 December 2024

The much-cited handbook on the Dutch clay pipe (1987) by Don Duco has been sold out since 2010. By a wonderful stroke of luck we found six copies, incorrectly stored more than ten years ago and still in new condition. For those who have been looking for this book for years, now is the chance to get their hands on it. The price is Euro 50. First ordered, first served!
Click here to order: https://pipeshop.nl/product/handboek-voor-nederlandse-kleipijp/

Art or kitsch

9 December 2024

This unexpected table pipe is the most bizarre pipe on offer this year. The pipe bowl is hidden in a Roman soldier representing the Rape of a Sabine Virgin. The helmed soldier is seated on a triumphal chariot drawn by two lions, led by a putto. The style of work and the presentation of the subject point to German manufacture, probably not long after the year 1800. The whole is cut from a large block of meerschaum. Striking and flashy, but not artistic or refined and especially not very user-friendly. The question immediately arises: should such a kitschy object be represented in our collection? Or should our focus remain on the utilitarian item?