Museum number:
| APM 15.111 |
Subcollection:
| porcelain pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| courtship of man and woman under tree |
Description:
Tobacco pipe made of porcelain with a hexagonal stummel bowl, heel and straight stem with windings. Bowl handpainted hill with two truncated trees for which a man and a woman in courtship, standing behind a dog. Bowl rear sheep in a mountain meadow, hills in the background. Valve lid of silver with closure of a cartouche in which a deer's head. Original mounting with moist bag of buffalo horn with at the bottom a dog head with ivory stick in the mouth, straight up going buffalo horn stem with disk and bent mouthpiece with four knobs. |
Date:
| Period | 1830 - 1865 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 3.98 in (10.1 cm) |
| Width | 1.22 in (3.1 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 1.38 in (3.5 cm) |
| Length total | 14.57 in (37 cm) |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | insert pipe |
| Pipe shape | zeskant stummel-shape |
| Material | porcelain (ceramic) |
| Technique | slip cast |
| Colour | white |
| Other materials | buffalo horn (animal material), silver (metal) |
| Finish | glazuur, meerkleuren |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Continent | Europe |
| Region international | Western Europe |
| Country | Germany |
Acquisition
| Year | 1996 |
| Provenance | Parijs, collectie Bertrand Lazard, 1976-1996 |
| Parijs, veilinghuis Nouveau Drouot, 1976 |
Comments
| Vgl. Eppe Ramazzotti & Bernard Mamy, Pipes et Fumeurs de Pipes, Bruxelles, 1981, p 87. afb 10AB. Vergelijkbare afbeelding: zeskante ketel met man en vrouw op een wip, uit dezelfde werkplaats. Collectie Mazaleyrat. |
Exhibition
| Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, zaal, vitrine 6, v.a. 2001. |
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