Museum number:

APM 15.233

Subcollection:

meerschuim pijpen

Title:

sigarettenpijp

Keyword:

love couple

Description:

Cigarette holder made of meerschaum with conical bowl, placed in an elegant curved stem with amber mouthpiece with button. On the stem, which at the end has the middle between a vagina and stylized leaves, there is a chair on which a man in a nightgown having intercourse with a woman in a nightshirt, both nightgowns are double waxed. Original case of wood with black leather exterior, the inside with red velvet and red silk, embossed gold print with "SCHIUMA GARANTITA".

Date:

Period 1900 - 1920


Dimensions:

BowlHeight6,3 cm
Width3,5 cm
StemLength3,5 cm
Length total8,5 cm
Characteristics
Pipe type insteekpijp
Pipe shape figuraal
Materialschiuma di mare (steen)
Techniquegesneden
Colourivoorwit
Other materialsbarnsteen (steen), leer (dierlijk materiaal), stof (textiel), hout
Traces of use ongerookt
Production
ContintentEuropa
Region InternationalMidden-Europa
CountryOostenrijk
Region NationalWenen (provincie)
CityWenen
Acquisition
Year 1998
Provenance Amsterdam, Dick Leijenaar, antiekmarkt De Looier
Verenigde Staten, antiekhandel, 1998
Literature
Ruud van der Neut, Toeback & toebehoren. Baarn, 2001. foto. Dit exemplaar.
Don Duco, Fabels en feiten over de meerschuim pijp. Amsterdam, 2009. afb 101. Dit exemplaar.
Exhibition
Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, voorkamer, kabinetkast, 1999-2013.
Amsterdam, Amsterdam Pipe Museum, permanente presentatie, voorkamer, kabinetkast, v.a. 2013.

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