Museum number:

APM 13.792

Subcollection:

clay pipes

Title:

tobacco pipe

Keyword:

"G. ROTHERY", "HALIFAX", bowl opening white tin glaze

Description:

Tabakspijp van klei met ovale ketel, hiel en rechte steel met knoop. Ketel in reliëf band met bloemen en bladeren, onderhelft wolkig gearceerd. Steel overlangs gecanneleerd met in reliëf links "G. ROTHERY" en rechts "HALIFAX". Steel intaglio "E. DUMERIL E. BOUVEUR A ST. OMER". Schilderemail in wit, ketel halfverglaasd met wit tinglazuur.

Date:

Period 1875 - 1885


Dimensions:

BowlHeight2.01 in (5.1 cm)
Width0.98 in (2.5 cm)
StemLength3.94 in (10 cm)
Weight23 gram
Characteristics
Pipe type stem pipe
Pipe shape oval
Materialpipe clay (ceramic)
Techniquepress moulded
Colourwhite
Finish tinglazuur, wit
Traces of use ongerookt
Production
ContinentEurope
Region internationalWestern Europe
CountryFrance
Region nationalPas-de-Calais
TownSaint-Omer
Maker #1Firme E. Duméril E. Bouveur
ContinentEurope
Region internationalWestern Europe
CountryEngland
Region nationalWest Yorkshire
TownHalifax
Maker #2G. Rothery (pipe dealer)
Mark "E. DUMERIL E. BOUVEUR A ST. OMER" (intaglio, steel)
"C. ROTHERY", "HALIFAX" (reliëf, steel weerszijden)
Acquisition
Year 1994
Provenance Winchester, Patrick Crayze
Driffield (Yorkshire), tabakszaak, c. 1955-1994
Comments
G. Rotary in Halifax, West-Yorkshire is handelaar in pijpen. Zijn huis heette "Saint-Omer".
Exhibition
Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, achterkamer, vitrine Frankrijk, v.a. 1999.

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