Museum number:
| APM 15.090 |
Subcollection:
| porcelain pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| table pipe, head Georges III |
Description:
Tobacco pipe made of porcelain, so-called table pipe with large hollow-walled figural bowl, flat bottom and discreet opening on the bowl base for flexible stem. Bowl head of Georges III with straight half-length hair with curly part for the ears and short curling edge at the neck, a narrow collar forms the basis. Painting in natural colours, eyes brown, collar green. Mould in two parts with visible seam vertically over the face. Original stem consisting of a flexible hose with brown velvet wrapped and threaded, buffalo horn end piece with mouthpiece. |
Date:
| Period | 1820 - 1870 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 4.92 in (12.5 cm) |
| Width | 4.72 in (12 cm) | |
| Stem | Length total | 51.57 in (131 cm) |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
| Pipe shape | figural |
| Material | porcelain (ceramic) |
| Technique | slip cast |
| Colour | white |
| Other materials | buffalo horn (animal material), fabric (fabric) |
| Finish | glazuur, meerkleuren |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Continent | Europe |
| Region international | Western Europe |
| Country | Germany |
| Region national | Bohemia (?) |
Acquisition
| Year | 1996 |
| Provenance | Parijs, collectie Bertrand Lazard, 1979-1996 |
| Londen, Antiquarius, Brian Tipping, 1979 |
Comments
| Vgl. APM 20.578 zelfde pijp maar met drie slangen, de ogen hier blauw. |
Literature
| Bernard Mamy, Eppe Ramazzotti, Pipes et fumeurs de pipes; un art, des collections. Paris, 1981. p 86. Fourneau de pipe, grande tête en porcelaine, Georges III. Pipe satyrique exécutée pour protester contre les taxes frappant le tabac que ce roi avait imposées à l'Angleterre; se posait sur une table et se fumait avec un tuyau flexible, Angleterre, XIXe siècle, collection privée (Dit exemplaar). |
| Ruud van der Neut, Toeback & toebehoren. Baarn, 2001. foto. Dit exemplaar. |
Exhibition
| Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, zaal, vitrine 7, v.a. 2001. |
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