Museum number:
| APM 11.005 |
Subcollection:
| ceramic pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| snake with a pipe bowl from the mouth |
Description:
| Tabakspijp van aardewerk met slurfvorm ketel, hiel en gekrulde steel met gebogen steeleind. Ketel onversierd. Steel de voorstelling van een gekrulde slang met vier windingen en met kop in de steel bij de ketel. Slang met gespritste meerkleurige beschildering, de slangenkop en staart oranjegeel. |
Date:
| Period | 1790 - 1830 |
Dimensions:
| General | Height | 4.53 in (11.5 cm) |
| Length | 9.96 in (25.3 cm) | |
| Bowl | Height | 1.81 in (4.6 cm) |
| Width | 0.91 in (2.3 cm) |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stem pipe |
| Pipe shape | trunk shape |
| Material | pottery (ceramic) |
| Technique | printing mould |
| Colour | red-brown |
| Finish | glazuur, meerkleuren |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Continent | Europe |
| Region international | Western Europe |
| Country | England |
| Region national | Staffordshire |
| Town | Stafford |
Acquisition
| Year | 1989 |
| Provenance | Londen, Kings road, Brian Tipping, Antiquarius |
| Londen, antiekhandel, 1988 |
Comments
| Vgl. Benjamin Rapaport, A complete guide to collecting Antique Pipes, Exton, 1979, p 213. |
Literature
| Peter J. Davey, The 'English' pipes in the Rothschild collection: typology, chronology and provenance. LiverpoolJournal of the Académie Internationale de la PIpe, /9, 2016. p 54, fig 10, afb 6. Dit exemplaar. |
Exhibition
| Amsterdam, Tropenmuseum, tentoonstelling "500 jaar tabakscultuur", 9 oktober 1992 - 9 oktober 1993. |
| Wenen, Österreichisches Tabakmuseum, tentoonstelling "Die 2000 Jährige Geschichte der Tonpfeifen", 23 juni 1994 - 10 september 1994. |
| Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, zaal, vitrine 8, v.a. 2001. |
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