Museum number:

APM 11.464

Subcollection:

clay pipes

Title:

tobacco pipe

Keyword:

hand

Description:

Tabakspijp van aardewerk met billiard ketel, zonder hiel en oplopende steel met gladde manchet. Verzwaarde filt. Ketel overlangse tienkantig gevlakt, onderzijde in reliëf hand. Oorspronkelijke rieten steel met gebrand motief.

Date:

Period 1880 - 1920


Dimensions:

BowlHeight1.3 in (3.3 cm)
Width0.94 in (2.4 cm)
StemLength0.79 in (2 cm)
Length total9.45 in (24 cm)
Weight20 gram
Characteristics
Pipe type stub stemmed pipe
Pipe shape billiard
Materialpottery (ceramic)
Techniquepress moulded
Colourred
Other materialsreed (organic material)
Oher techniquesburned
Traces of use gerookt
Production
ContinentEurope
Region internationalWestern Europe
CountryFrance
Region nationalBouches-du-Rhône
TownMarseille (?)
Acquisition
Year 1990
Provenance Knowle, veilinghuis Phillips Midlands, 1990, lot 379
Bramber, collectie Anthony Irving, House of Pipes, <1970-1989

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