Museum number:

APM 11.583a

Subcollection:

clay pipes

Title:

ornamental pipe

Keyword:

bust woman in armor, dragon

Description:

Window display or presentation pipe made of clay with figural bowl, figural bottom and up going stem with stub. Bowl bust of a woman with medium length hair, on the head a metal headpiece with drooping feathers on a pleated fabric under hat, decorated with string beads and rosettes, on the forehead an ornament, dressed in an exuberantly decorated armor consisting of breaststrokes and shoulder pieces, all decorated with geometric motifs, around the neck on the harness a chain with a pendant. Bowl bottom lizard-like monster with bumps and wings with feathers, the opened beak forms the stub. Bottom along the edge of the bust embossed name of the sculptor "OSMOND SCULPR." and intaglio rectangular shield with "DUTEL FT. A PARIS".

Date:

Period 1850 - 1875


Dimensions:

BowlHeight6.89 in (17.5 cm)
Width3.82 in (9.7 cm)
StemLength2.76 in (7 cm)
Characteristics
Pipe type stub stemmed pipe
Pipe shape figural
Materialpipe clay (ceramic)
Techniquepress moulded
Colourwhite
Traces of use ongerookt
Production
ContinentEurope
Region internationalWestern Europe
CountryFrance
Region nationalLoire
TownMontereau
Maker #1Dutel
ContinentEurope
Region internationalWestern Europe
CountryFrance
Region nationalIle de France
TownParis
Maker #2Robert Osmond (sculptor)
Mark "DUTEL FT. A PARIS" (intaglio, ketel onderzijde)
"OSMOND SCULPR." (reliëf, ketel onderzijde)
Acquisition
Year 1990
Provenance Assen, collectie Harry Tupan, 1984-1990; betaald door Tupan: prijs Dfl. 2.500,-
Brussel, collectie Josse Vandersteen, <1969-1984
Comments
Vgl. APM 1.888 identiek stuk.
Literature
Jean-Léo, Les pipes en terre françaises, du 17me siècle à nos jours. Brussels, 1971. foto. Dit exemplaar.
Exhibition
Gouda, Catharina Gasthuis, tentoonstelling "Gouda / was eens een / Pijpenstad", 8 juli 1983 - 14 oktober 1983.
Assen, Provinciaal Museum van Drenthe, tentoonstelling "Wolken van Genot", 1983-1984.
Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, zaal, vitrine 4, v.a. 2001-2021.

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