Museum number:
| APM 12.814 |
Subcollection:
| excavated pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| Delft blue painting |
Description:
Tobacco pipe made of clay with slightly bulbous funnel shaped bowl with narrow neck and heel. Gouda manufacture, painted in Harlingen with a blue decoration on a white tin glaze surface depicting a stemmed tulip on the front of the bowl seam and a five-leaved rose on the back side, the space in between with leaf motifs and some dots. Bowl back between two lines a band with dots. Flat base of the heel in plain blue paint. |
Date:
| Period | 1700 - 1720 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 1.57 in (4 cm) |
| Width | 0.87 in (2.2 cm) |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stem pipe |
| Pipe shape | funnel shape |
| Material | pipe clay (ceramic) |
| Technique | press moulded |
| Colour | white |
| Finish | tinglazuur, Delftsblauw |
| Traces of use | ongerookt |
Production
| Continent | Europe |
| Region international | Western Europe |
| Country | The Netherlands |
| Region national | South Holland |
| Town | Gouda |
| Maker #1 | Arij Jacobsz. Danens |
| Continent | Europe |
| Region international | Western Europe |
| Country | The Netherlands |
| Region national | Friesland |
| Town | Harlingen |
| Mark | molen (stempel, hiel) |
Acquisition
| Year | 1992 |
| Provenance | Franeker, collectie Klaas Regts, 1983-1992 |
| Excavation site | Harlingen, 1983 |
Literature
| Don Duco, De Nederlandse kleipijp, handboek voor determineren. Amsterdam, 2026. hfst 6, p 364, afb 275. Dit exemplaar. |
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