Museum number:
| APM 15.808 |
Subcollection:
| porcelain pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| stylized foliage decoration |
Description:
Tobacco pipe made of porcelain with octagonal bowl with outstanding flat bowl opening, weighted underside without heel and rising stem with stub. Bowl bottom in relief seven grunts. Painting on the upper half in light green and purple, the underside in orange and black, the stem green, embellished with gold leaf and gold relief. |
Date:
| Period | 1820 - 1840 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 1.73 in (4.4 cm) |
| Width | 1.89 in (4.8 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 1.97 in (5 cm) |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
| Pipe shape | ocatagonal |
| Material | porcelain (ceramic) |
| Technique | pressed |
| Colour | white |
| Finish | glazuur, meerkleuren |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Continent | Europe |
| Region international | Western Europe |
| Country | France |
| Region national | Seine et Marne |
| Town | Fontainebleau |
| Maker | Jacob Petit (?) |
Acquisition
| Year | 2000 |
| Provenance | Parijs, veilinghuis Nouveau Drouot, lot 226 |
| Parijs, collectie Philippe Allemand, 1983-2000 | |
| Parijs, Vente Drouot Pipes anciennes, 1983, lot 35, opbrengst Dfl. 780,- |
Literature
| Anoniem, Pipes Anciennes dont une exceptionnelle collection de pipes de porcelaine appartenant au Docteur G... (érotiques, corporations, militaires), pipes d'écume de mer et ambre, pipes en bois sculpté, pipes à opium. Paris, 1983. p 5, lot 35, afbeelding op kaft. Dit exemplaar. Opbrengst FF 2000. |
Exhibition
| Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, zaal, vitrine 7, v.a. 2001. |
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