Museum number:
| APM 16.263 |
Subcollection:
| porcelain pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| bust Napoleonic soldier |
Description:
Porcelain tobacco pipe with figural bowl, round bottom without heel and ascending stem with narrow stub. Bowl bust Napoleonic soldier with sideburns and high bearskin hat with silver cord and high plume, bust with high uniform collar. Polychrome painting, heightened with silver. Bowl bottom cut away kiln support, decoration of leaf gold lines. Stem internally scratched model number XXV. |
Date:
| Period | 1835 - 1860 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 3.94 in (10 cm) |
| Width | 1.65 in (4.2 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 1.18 in (3 cm) |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
| Pipe shape | figural |
| Material | porcelain (ceramic) |
| Technique | slip cast |
| Colour | white |
| Finish | glazuur, meerkleuren |
| Traces of use | ongerookt |
Production
| Continent | Europe |
| Region international | Western Europe |
| Country | Germany |
| Region national | Thuringia (?) |
| Trade number | 25 |
Acquisition
| Year | 2001 |
| Provenance | Brussel, Josse Vandersteen, antiquair |
| Brussel, veilinghuis, 2000 |
Comments
| Schutter uit de Italiaanse infanterie. |
Exhibition
| Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, zaal, vitrine 7, v.a. 2001. |
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