Museum number:
| APM 14.148 |
Subcollection:
| clay pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| man in saucepan |
Description:
Tobacco pipe made of clay with figural bowl, without heel and straight stem with button end. Bowl inverted saucepan in which on the back a man with jacket with large lapel, the hands around the folded knees. Stem left oval shield with shape number 1203. Stem intaglio "GAMBIER A PARIS M * M DEPOSE". Painted enamel in blue, pink, white and black. |
Date:
| Period | 1870 - 1890 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 1.57 in (4 cm) |
| Width | 1.18 in (3 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 4.72 in (12 cm) |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stem pipe |
| Pipe shape | figural |
| Material | pipe clay (ceramic) |
| Technique | press moulded |
| Colour | white |
| Finish | email, vier kleuren |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Continent | Europe |
| Region international | Western Europe |
| Country | France |
| Region national | Ardennes |
| Town | Givet |
| Maker | Gambier |
| Trade number | 1203 |
| Trade name | fantaisie le bossu a la casserole |
| Mark | "GAMBIER A PARIS M*M DEPOSE" (intaglio, steel) |
Acquisition
| Year | 1995 |
| Provenance | Luik, veilinghuis Michel Lhomme, lot 85 |
| Luik, collectie André Joiris, 1979-1994 | |
| Brussel, Jean-Léo Rostagni, 1958-1979 |
Exhibition
| Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, tentoonstelling "Toppers, twee jaar aanwinsten Pijpenkabinet", voorjaar-zomer 1996. |
| Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, achterkamer, vitrine Frankrijk, v.a. 1999. |
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