Museum number:
| APM 16.050 |
Subcollection:
| porcelain pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| naked woman rejected by a man |
Description:
Porcelain tobacco pipe with stummel bowl, button heel and straight insert stem with six constrictions. Bowl front hand-painted in polychrome in rectangular frame with gold leaf love scene of naked woman and rejected man in the background. Original silver valve cover. |
Date:
| Period | 1830 - 1840 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 4.61 in (11.7 cm) |
| Width | 1.5 in (3.8 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 1.57 in (4 cm) |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | insert pipe |
| Pipe shape | Berliner high oval stummel porcelain bowl |
| Material | porcelain (ceramic) |
| Technique | thrown (potters' wheel), slip cast |
| Colour | white |
| Finish | glazuur, meerkleuren |
| Traces of use | gerookt |
Production
| Continent | Europe |
| Region international | Western Europe |
| Country | Germany |
| Region national | Berlin (state) |
| Town | Berlin |
| Maker | Königliche Porzellan Manufaktur |
Acquisition
| Year | 2000 |
| Provenance | Heidelberg, veilinghuis Metz, lot 144 |
| Bazel, collectie Haegeli, <1980-2000 |
Literature
| Walter Morgenroth, Rund um den Tabak; Sammlung Haegeli, Schweiz 1898-1998. Heidelberg, 2000. p 112, lot 144. Dit exemplaar. |
Exhibition
| Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, voorkamer, stummelvitrine, 2000-2013. |
| Amsterdam, Amsterdam Pipe Museum, permanente presentatie, voorkamer, stummelvitrine, v.a. 2013. |
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