Museum number:
| APM 11.184 |
Subcollection:
| clay pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| flintlock gun |
Description:
Tobacco pipe made of clay with figural bowl, without heel and straight stem with button. Bowl a pleated sleeve, the hand on the transition to the stem around the flint of a pistol, the round bottom forms the heel of the pipe and the gun barrel is shown in the stem. Stem embossed "PRINCE GOUDA". Couloured with paint in blue and yellow. |
Date:
| Period | 1860 - 1885 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 2.17 in (5.5 cm) |
| Width | 0.91 in (2.3 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 3.54 in (9 cm) |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stem pipe |
| Pipe shape | figural |
| Material | pipe clay (ceramic) |
| Technique | press moulded |
| Colour | white |
| Finish | verf, lak |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Continent | Europe |
| Region international | Western Europe |
| Country | The Netherlands |
| Region national | South Holland |
| Town | Gouda |
| Maker | Firma Jan Prince & Cie II |
| Mark | "PRINCE GOUDA" (reliëf, steel weerszijden) |
Acquisition
| Year | 1989 |
| Provenance | Brussel, Le Grenier du Collectionneur, Catalogus 67, 1989, nr 311, prijs Bfr. 7.000 (Dfl. 385,-) |
| Brussel, collectie Jean-Léo Rostagni, 1986-1989 | |
| Brussel, collectie Jean Copin, <1960-1986 |
Exhibition
| Leiden, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, vitrine bodemvondsten, oktober 1989 - 31 december 1993. |
| Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, achterkamer, vitrine Gouda, v.a. 2001. |
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