Museum number:

APM 20.161

Subcollection:

houten pijpen

Title:

tabakspijp

Keyword:

tuberous bowl, silver motifs

Description:

Tobacco pipe made of wood with an irregular round shape without markings, attached stem holder made of silver. Bowl piece of driftwood with tuber shape with circular veins, set all around with embossed silver motifs including two sitting dogs, three clover, lily shape, culotte, leaf, round face and more. Original silver lid secured with three rods ending in a butterfly with spread wings and two shields, the shields engraved with the symbols for faith, hope and love on the left and a blooming flower on the right. Flap lid with a high open edge with garlands in the openings, the lid with six twisted grunts and crowned with a button. Lid edge debossed silver marks crowned portrait, "GMS" and "Y.L", stem holder debossed mark "Y.L". Originally mounted with greenish buffalo horn button stem with black disc and button bite.

Date:

Period 1840 - 1850


Dimensions:

GeneralLength25 cm
BowlHeight8,6 cm
Width5,7 cm
StemLength3 cm
Length total19,5 cm
Characteristics
Pipe type insteekpijp
Pipe shape bolvorm
Materialhout
Techniquehandvorm
Colourbruin
Other materialszilver (metaal), buffelhoorn (dierlijk materiaal)
Traces of use gerookt
Production
ContintentEuropa
Region InternationalWest-Europa
CountryDuitsland (?)
Mark portret, "GMS" en "Y.L" (ingeslagen, dekselrand)
Acquisition
Year 2010
Provenance 's-Graveland, Arjan de Haan
München, Ursula Nusser Auktionshaus, najaar 2008
Wittelsbach, kroonprins Rupprecht van Beieren (1869-1955) en erven, 2008

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