Museum number:

APM 14.439a

Subcollection:

excavated pipes

Title:

tobacco pipe

Keyword:

"LEWIS", "CASS", head Lewis Cass

Description:

Tabakspijp van klei met figurale ketel, zonder hiel en oplopende steel met manchet. Ketel hoofd Amerikaanse minister van buitenlandse zaken Lewis Cass met kort haar, een krans met laurierbladeren onder de filt. Steel links in reliëf "LEWIS" en rechts "CASS". Krimpscheur in de steelhoek. Persvorm in twee delen.

Date:

Period 1850 - 1870


Dimensions:

BowlHeight1.1 in (2.8 cm)
Width1.1 in (2.8 cm)
StemLength1.18 in (3 cm)
Characteristics
Pipe type stub stemmed pipe
Pipe shape figural
Materialpipe clay (ceramic)
Techniquepress moulded
Colourorange red
Traces of use ongerookt
Production
ContinentEurope
Region internationalWestern Europe
CountryGermany
Region nationalLower Saxony
TownUslar
Acquisition
Year 1996
Provenance Bovenden, Günther Loth
Excavation site Uslar, Wiesenstrasse, 1995

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