Museum number:
| APM 15.630 |
Subcollection:
| clay pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| clown's head smiling and with crooked mouth |
Description:
| Tabakspijp van klei met figurale ketel, hiel en rechte steel met knoop. Ketel weerszijden clownskop met cilindrische muts, links lachend rechts met een scheve mond, strikdasje op hiel. Beschildering met kleuraccenten en geelgetinte lak, oranje bandje om steel. |
Date:
| Period | 1880 - 1920 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 1.77 in (4.5 cm) |
| Width | 0.98 in (2.5 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 5.12 in (13 cm) |
| Weight | 20 gram |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stem pipe |
| Pipe shape | figural |
| Material | pipe clay (ceramic) |
| Technique | press moulded |
| Colour | white |
| Finish | lak, verf, vier kleuren, lak, geelgetint |
| 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 |
Acquisition
| Year | 1999 |
| Provenance | Hertsberge, collectie Hugo Perquy, c. 1979-1999 |
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