Museum number:
| APM 13.514a |
Subcollection:
| excavated pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| "REX HISPA", arms of the Seven Provinces |
Description:
Tobacco pipe made of clay with oval Gouda bowl, heel and straight stem. Bowl opening milling. Bowl stem side embossed crowned coat of arms with four quarters and two extra shields within chain of fire strokes, along the base text shield "REX.HISPA". Bowl both sides along the Spanish coat of arms the seven Dutch provincial coat of arms with to the right the coat of arm of Gouda as number eight. |
Date:
| Period | 1730 - 1745 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 1.85 in (4.7 cm) |
| Width | 0.91 in (2.3 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 1.97 in (5 cm) |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stem pipe |
| Pipe shape | oval |
| Material | pipe clay (ceramic) |
| Technique | press moulded |
| Colour | white |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Continent | Europe |
| Region international | Western Europe |
| Country | The Netherlands |
| Region national | South Holland |
| Town | Gouda |
| Maker #1 | Pieter van der Kleij (?) |
| Continent | Europe |
| Region international | Western Europe |
| Country | The Netherlands |
| Region national | South Holland |
| Town | Gouda |
| Maker #2 | Dirk Mansvelder (?) |
| Mark | theetafel (stempel, hiel) |
Acquisition
| Year | 1993 |
| Provenance | Voorschoten, Frans Laurentius |
| Excavation site | Delft, Oude Delft 23/25, beerput,, 1993 |
Comments
| Wapen van de Spaanse koning met Castilië, Oud- en Nieuw Bourgondië, Napels, Sicilië, het hartschild Bourbon, leeuw en adelaar, omhangen met het Gulden Vlies. Zie: wapenbeschrijving in documentatie. |
Literature
| Benedict Goes, 25 eeuwen roken; De verwonderlijke vormgeving van de pijp. , 1993. p 21, foto. Dit exemplaar. |
| Benedict Goes, The Intriguing Design of Tobacco Pipes. Leiden, 1993. p 21, foto. Dit exemplaar. |
| Don Duco, De Nederlandse kleipijp, handboek voor determineren. Amsterdam, 2026. hfst 5, p 216, afb 201. Dit exemplaar. |
Exhibition
| Wervik, Tabaksmuseum, tentoonstelling "Tabak & Vorsten", 19 januari 1994 - 25 november 1994. |
| Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, achterkamer, vitrine bodemvondsten, v.a. 2001. |
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