Museum number:
| APM 12.720 |
Subcollection:
| clay pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
"ANACREON", head Anacreon |
Description:
| Tobacco pipe made of clay with figural bowl, without heel and rising stem with stub. Bowl bust of Anacreon with moustache and big beard, a ribbon with creeper in his hair, circular bust with embossed in gothic letters "ANACREON". Painted with enamel on eyes and eyebrows. Bowl bottom stamp in rectangle with knurled frame "DUMERIL LEURS & C A ST. OMER". |
Date:
| Period | 1850 - 1875 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 2.95 in (7.5 cm) |
| Width | 1.73 in (4.4 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 1.38 in (3.5 cm) |
| Weight | 114 gram |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
| Pipe shape | figural |
| Material | pipe clay (ceramic) |
| Technique | press moulded |
| Colour | white |
| Finish | email, zwart, wit |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Continent | Europe |
| Region international | Western Europe |
| Country | France |
| Region national | Pas-de-Calais |
| Town | Saint-Omer |
| Maker | Firme E. Duméril, H. Leurs et Cie |
| Trade name | Anacréon |
| Mark | "DUMERIL LEURS & C A ST. OMER" (stempel, ketel onderzijde) |
Acquisition
| Year | 1991 |
| Provenance | Brussel, collectie Daniël Glinoer, 1986-1991 |
| Parijs, Denise Corbier, 1986 |
Literature
| Benedict Goes, 25 eeuwen roken; De verwonderlijke vormgeving van de pijp. , 1993. p 52, foto. Dit exemplaar. |
| Benedict Goes, The Intriguing Design of Tobacco Pipes. Leiden, 1993. p 52, foto. Dit exemplaar. |
Exhibition
| Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, achterkamer, vitrine Frankrijk, v.a. 1999. |
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