Museum number:
| APM 14.173 |
Subcollection:
| ceramic pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| "KONINGIN ELIZABETH" (queen Elizabeth) |
Description:
Tobacco pipe made of slip cast clay with billiard bowl, without heel and heavy s-shaped bent stem with button end. Bowl front transfer in brown tones showing the bust of Queen Elisabeth of Belgium with caption "KONINGIN ELIZABETH". Stem transfer like a paper label with "ZENITH". |
Date:
| Period | 1917 - 1922 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 1.73 in (4.4 cm) |
| Width | 1.57 in (4 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 3.15 in (8 cm) |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stem pipe |
| Pipe shape | billiard |
| Material | slip (ceramic) |
| Technique | slip cast |
| Colour | white |
| Finish | fritglazuur, transparant, transfer |
| Traces of use | ongerookt |
Production
| Continent | Europe |
| Region international | Western Europe |
| Country | The Netherlands |
| Region national | South Holland |
| Town | Gouda |
| Maker | Firma P.J. van der Want Azn., Zenith |
| Mark | "ZENITH" (transfer, steel) |
Acquisition
| Year | 1995 |
| Provenance | Luik, veilinghuis Michel Lhomme, lot 112 |
| Luik, collectie André Joiris, 1982-1994 | |
| Brussel, antiekhandel, 1982 |
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