Museum number:

APM 11.433

Subcollection:

clay pipes

Title:

tobacco pipe

Keyword:

bunch of grapes, vine drink

Description:

Tabakspijp van klei met figurale ketel, zonder hiel en oplopende steel met afgeplat steeleind en knoop. Snijfilt. Ketel druiventros. Steel weerszijden wingerdblad. Takje van de steel naar de ketelrand. Steel links overlangs ondersteboven gestempeld intaglio "W. SOUTHORN & CO BROSELEY SALOP". Steeleind sporen van groen glazuur.

Date:

Period 1900 - 1920


Dimensions:

BowlHeight1.57 in (4 cm)
Width1.18 in (3 cm)
StemLength3.54 in (9 cm)
Weight20 gram
Characteristics
Pipe type stem pipe
Pipe shape figural
Materialpipe clay (ceramic)
Techniquepress moulded
Colourwhite
Traces of use gerookt
Production
ContinentEurope
Region internationalWestern Europe
CountryEngland
Region nationalShropshire
TownBroseley
MakerWilliam Southorn & Co.
Mark "W. SOUTHORN & CO BROSELEY SALOP" (intaglio, steel links)
Acquisition
Year 1990
Provenance Londen, Bermundsey antiquemarket
Londen, antiekhandel, 1990

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