Museum number:

APM 15.637

Subcollection:

meerschuim pijpen

Title:

tabakspijp

Keyword:

sitting dog

Description:

Tobacco pipe made of meerschaum with cylindrical Hungarian bowl, round bottom without heel and rising stem with stub. Bowl undecorated. Mounting with gilded silver lid with sawn edge with alternating diamond shapes and dots, flat top on which a sitting dog, gilded silver stub ring with stem holder and large support eye. Lid and cuff ring each three silver marks. Original stem of wood with twisted piece inlaid with copper and a hexagonal piece with intarsia woodwork, buttons and limp, stem end with snap button. Original security cord with two tassels in three colours with flat top of braided silver wire.

Date:

Period 1820 - 1850


Dimensions:

BowlHeight16 cm
Width5,4 cm
StemLength9 cm
Length total94 cm
Characteristics
Pipe type manchetpijp
Pipe shape Hongaar
Materialmeerschuim (blok-) (steen)
Techniquegesneden
Colourgeelbruin
Other materialszilver (metaal), buffelhoorn (dierlijk materiaal), hout
Oher techniquesverguld
Finish gemonteerd
Traces of use gerookt
Production
ContintentEuropa
Region InternationalWest-Europa
CountryDuitsland (?)
Mark veld met stippen (ingeslagen, filtring, steelhouder)
CC (ingeslagen, filtring, steelhouder)
kruis in schild (ingeslagen, filtring, steelhouder)
Acquisition
Year 1999
Provenance Hertsberge, collectie Hugo Perquy, c. 1982-1999
Exhibition
Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, zaal, vitrine 5, v.a. 2001.

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