Museum number:

APM 10.888

Subcollection:

clay pipes

Title:

tobacco pipe

Keyword:

"RAOB", buffalo horns

Description:

Tabakspijp van klei met kromkop ketel, spoor en dunne licht gebogen steel met glad afgesneden steeleind. Snijfilt. Filtradering in de persvorm. Ketel voorzijde in reliëf buffelhorens waarboven "RAOB" (Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes). Ketelnaden blaadjes. Steeleind touwtje.

Date:

Period 1870 - 1920


Dimensions:

BowlHeight1.5 in (3.8 cm)
Width0.87 in (2.2 cm)
StemLength4.33 in (11 cm)
Weight11 gram
Characteristics
Pipe type stem pipe
Pipe shape asymmetrical oval
Materialpipe clay (ceramic)
Techniquepress moulded
Colourwhite
Traces of use gerookt
Production
ContinentEurope
Region internationalWestern Europe
CountryEngland
Acquisition
Year 1989
Provenance Parijs, Serpette, marché aux puces
Parijs, antiekhandel, 1988

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