Museum number:
| APM 11.236 |
Subcollection:
| ceramic pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| flower garland on four buds |
Description:
Tobacco pipe made of stoneware with stummel bowl and slightly narrowing bowl opening, heel and straight insert stem with three windings. Bowl around embossed under a thin profiled concentric line four bud-shaped nails on which hangs a finely worked flower garland of white clay. |
Date:
| Period | 1810 - 1850 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 2.4 in (6.1 cm) |
| Width | 1.1 in (2.8 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 1.18 in (3 cm) |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | insert pipe |
| Pipe shape | high oval stummel porcelain bowl |
| Material | stoneware (ceramic) |
| Technique | slip cast |
| Colour | blue |
| Finish | opgeplakte decoratie |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Continent | Europe |
| Region international | Western Europe |
| Country | England |
| Region national | Staffordshire |
| Town | Barlaston |
| Maker | Wedgwood |
Acquisition
| Year | 1989 |
| Provenance | Londen, Bermundsey antiquemarket |
| Londen, antiekhandel, 1989 |
Literature
| Benedict Goes, 25 eeuwen roken; De verwonderlijke vormgeving van de pijp. , 1993. p 58, foto. Dit exemplaar. |
| Benedict Goes, The Intriguing Design of Tobacco Pipes. Leiden, 1993. p 58, foto. Dit exemplaar. |
Exhibition
| 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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