Museum number:

APM 11.809

Subcollection:

clay pipes

Title:

tobacco pipe

Keyword:

"ORIGINAL 1715 REVIVED 1915"

Description:

Tabakspijp van klei met achttiende eeuwse slurfvorm ketel, hiel en rechte steel met glad afgerond steeleind. Snijfilt. Filtradering in de persvorm. Steel links "ORIGINAL 1715 REVIVED 1915", rechts "THE BI-CENTENARY PIPE".

Date:

Period 1915 - 1925


Dimensions:

BowlHeight1.85 in (4.7 cm)
Width0.87 in (2.2 cm)
StemLength5.12 in (13 cm)
Weight28 gram
Characteristics
Pipe type stem pipe
Pipe shape trunk shape
Materialpipe clay (ceramic)
Techniquepress moulded
Colourwhite
Traces of use gerookt
Production
ContinentEurope
Region internationalWestern Europe
CountryEngland
Region nationalLondon (district)
TownLondon
MakerW.G. Hedges
Acquisition
Year 1990
Provenance Londen, veilinghuis Phillips, 1990, lot 204
Bramber, collectie Anthony Irving, House of Pipes, <1970-1989
Comments
In 1952 verkoopt de fabrikant de persvorm aan Gordon Pollock en krijgt in diens bedrijf een tweede leven.

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