Museum number:

APM 11.756

Subcollection:

clay pipes

Title:

tobacco pipe

Keyword:

royal person

Description:

Tobacco pipe made of clay with figural bowl in miniature size, without heel and up going stem with stub. Bowl head of a medieval king with moustache and beard and medium length hair, on the head a high crown with points with pearls and rosettes, the bust embroidered clothing. Stem right embossed "DL", stem left shape number "1678". Painted in enamel in yellow, white and black.

Date:

Period 1850 - 1875


Dimensions:

BowlHeight1.3 in (3.3 cm)
Width0.59 in (1.5 cm)
StemLength0.79 in (2 cm)
Weight8 gram
Characteristics
Pipe type stub stemmed pipe
Pipe shape figural
Materialpipe clay (ceramic)
Techniquepress moulded
Colourwhite
Finish email, drie kleuren
Traces of use ongerookt
Production
ContinentEurope
Region internationalWestern Europe
CountryFrance
Region nationalPas-de-Calais
TownSaint-Omer
MakerFirme E. Duméril, H. Leurs et Cie
Trade number 1678
Mark DL (reliëf, steel rechts)
Acquisition
Year 1990
Provenance Londen, veilinghuis Phillips, 1990, lot 168
Bramber, collectie Anthony Irving, House of Pipes, <1970-1989
Literature
Benedict Goes, 25 eeuwen roken; De verwonderlijke vormgeving van de pijp. , 1993. p 6, groepsfoto. Dit exemplaar.
Benedict Goes, The Intriguing Design of Tobacco Pipes. Leiden, 1993. p 6, groepsfoto. Dit exemplaar.
André Leclaire, Quelques marques de pipiers Français inusitées. LiverpoolJournal of the Académie Internationale de la Pipe, 10/, 2017. p 68, merk 22. Dit exemplaar (het merk).
Exhibition
Wenen, Österreichisches Tabakmuseum, tentoonstelling "Die 2000 Jährige Geschichte der Tonpfeifen", 23 juni 1994 - 10 september 1994.
Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, achterkamer, vitrine Frankrijk, v.a. 1999.

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