Museum number:

APM 10.673

Subcollection:

excavated pipes

Title:

tobacco pipe

Keyword:

line on stem

Description:

Tabakspijp van klei met lage bolle ketel, zonder hiel en oplopende steel. Steel weerszijden in reliëf gladde lijn. Ketel steelzijde intaglio met rechthoekige parellijst en "GAMBIER".

Date:

Period 1870 - 1900


Dimensions:

BowlHeight1.1 in (2.8 cm)
Width1.18 in (3 cm)
StemLength1.57 in (4 cm)
Characteristics
Pipe type stem pipe
Pipe shape spherical
Materialpipe clay (ceramic)
Techniquepress moulded
Colourwhite
Traces of use ongerookt
Production
ContinentEurope
Region internationalWestern Europe
CountryFrance
Region nationalArdennes
TownGivet
MakerGambier
Trade number 1179
Trade name néogène Gambier tuyau courbé et filets
Mark "GAMBIER" (stempel, ketel steelzijde)
Acquisition
Year 1978
Excavation site Givet, route de Famennes, fabrieksstort Gambier, 1978
Literature
Don Duco, Materiaal, vorm en versiering van de Gambierpijp. Amsterdam, 1981. p 11, afb 24. Dit exemplaar (merk).
Don Duco, Pipemarks from the Gambier Factory. Ponca City, OKHistoric Clay Tobacco Pipe Studies, /3, 1986. p 107, afb 30. Dit exemplaar (merk).

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