Museum number:
| APM 10.783 |
Subcollection:
| clay pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| frog with snail shell on leaf |
Description:
Tobacco pipe made of clay with figural bowl, without heel and figural stem with button end. Bowl placed on an elongated scalloped leaf on which a frog sits, a snail shell on its back. Bowl formed by the cochlea, the smoke through the stem of the leaf. Stem left embossed shape number "1672". Stem bottom intaglio mark "GAMBIER". |
Date:
| Period | 1910 - 1915 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 1.54 in (3.9 cm) |
| Width | 2.28 in (5.8 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 7.09 in (18 cm) |
| Weight | 60 gram |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stem pipe |
| Pipe shape | figural |
| Material | pipe clay (ceramic) |
| Technique | press moulded |
| Colour | white |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Continent | Europe |
| Region international | Western Europe |
| Country | France |
| Region national | Ardennes |
| Town | Givet |
| Maker | Gambier |
| Trade number | 1672 |
| Trade name | fantaisie grenouille et escargot |
| Mark | "GAMBIER" (reliëf, steel onderzijde) |
Acquisition
| Year | 1989 |
| Provenance | Parijs, Biron, marché aux puces |
| Parijs, antiekhandel, 1989 |
Comments
| Vgl. APM 19.135 hetzelfde ontwerp in roodbakkende klei. |
Literature
| Benedict Goes, 25 eeuwen roken; De verwonderlijke vormgeving van de pijp. , 1993. p 33, foto. Dit exemplaar. |
| Benedict Goes, The Intriguing Design of Tobacco Pipes. Leiden, 1993. p 33, foto. Dit exemplaar. |
Exhibition
| Wenen, Österreichisches Tabakmuseum, tentoonstelling "Die 2000 Jährige Geschichte der Tonpfeifen", 23 juni 1994 - 10 september 1994. |
| Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, achterkamer, vitrine Frankrijk, v.a. 1999. |
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