Museum number:

APM 11.814

Subcollection:

clay pipes

Title:

tobacco pipe

Keyword:

"RAOB", buffalo horns

Description:

Tabakspijp van klei met kromkop ketel, hiel en rechte steel met afgeplatte spits en knoop. Snijfilt. Filtradering in de persvorm. Ketel voorzijde in reliëf buffelhorens waarboven "RAOB" (Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes).

Date:

Period 1880 - 1910


Dimensions:

BowlHeight1.61 in (4.1 cm)
Width0.98 in (2.5 cm)
StemLength3.54 in (9 cm)
Weight17 gram
Characteristics
Pipe type stem pipe
Pipe shape asymmetrical oval
Materialpipe clay (ceramic)
Techniquepress moulded
Colourwhite
Traces of use gerookt
Production
ContinentEurope
Region internationalWestern Europe
CountryEngland
Acquisition
Year 1990
Provenance Londen, veilinghuis Phillips, 1990, lot 202
Bramber, collectie Anthony Irving, House of Pipes, <1970-1989

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