Numéro de la collection:

APM 20.326

Sous-collection:

pipes en bois

Titre:

pipe à tabac

Mots-clés:

double-headed eagle with spread wings

Description :

Tobacco pipe made of wood with figural bowl, flat underside and rising stem widening to stub. Bowl seated eagle, wings spread, the lid consists of two heads with long necks, the beaks mounted with silver, a chain attached to each other, the bowl base a kind of pedestal of the two bird legs between which the animal sits on a nest. Bowl internal meerschaum lining. Silver mounting stem with plate and conical stem holder with locking ring.

Date:

Période 1810 - 1840


Tailles:

GeneralHauteur10,5 cm
FourneauHauteur7,3 cm
Largeur5,3 cm
StemLongueur7,5 cm
Poids227 gram
Caractéristiques
Type de pipe tête de pipe
Forme de pipe figuratif
Matérialbois
Techniquecoupé
Couleurmarron
Other materialsfer, argent (métal)
Traces of use gerookt
Production
ContinentEurope
Région internationaleEurope de l'Ouest
PaysAllemagne
Statut juridique
Date 2010
Ancienne appartenance Londen, veilinghuis Christie's, lot 711
Letchmore Heath, Trevor Barton sr., <1970-2008
Commentaire
Als je de pijp aansteekt komt er rook uit beide snavels.
Literature
Don Duco, Hoogtepunten uit het Amsterdam Pipe Museum. Amsterdam, 2020. hoofdstuk: Vogel met twee koppen. Dit exemplaar.
Exposition
An Exhibition of Pipe Smoking through the Ages, c. 1975. Dit exemplaar.
Amsterdam, Amsterdam Pipe Museum, permanente presentatie, voorkamer, kabinetkast, v.a. 2019.

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