Museum number:

APM 11.227

Subcollection:

clay pipes

Title:

tobacco pipe

Keyword:

gilded decoration on the bowl

Description:

Tabakspijp van klei met cilindrische ketel, zonder hiel met oplopende steel en manchet. Ketel vergulde decoratie bestaande uit schuingeplaatste lijnen afwisselend zigzag, smal/breed en stippels. Steel links modelnummer "3". Steel intaglio in liggend ovaal "MORELLI DEPOSE MARSEILLE".

Date:

Period 1875 - 1900


Dimensions:

BowlHeight1.46 in (3.7 cm)
Width0.98 in (2.5 cm)
StemLength0.98 in (2.5 cm)
Weight19 gram
Characteristics
Pipe type stub stemmed pipe
Pipe shape cylindrical
Materialpipe clay (ceramic)
Techniquepress moulded
Colourbrown
Finish bladgoud
Traces of use gerookt
Production
ContinentEurope
Region internationalWestern Europe
CountryFrance
Region nationalBouches-du-Rhône
TownMarseille
MakerMorelli
Trade number 3
Mark "MORELLI DEPOSE MARSEILLE" in ovaal (stempel, steel)
Acquisition
Year 1989
Provenance Parijs, Paul Bert, marché aux puces
Parijs, antiekhandel, 1988

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