Museum number:
| APM 16.637 |
Subcollection:
| clay pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| crocodile on ground |
Description:
| Tabakspijp van klei met slurfvorm ketel, zonder hiel en licht gebogen steel met featherpoit mondstuk. Filtradering. Ketel overgang steel op langgerekt grondje een liggende krokodil. Steel links intaglio overlangs "FINE ALES" en rechts "BEST BEER". |
Date:
| Period | 1875 - 1900 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 1.97 in (5 cm) |
| Width | 0.98 in (2.5 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 3.74 in (9.5 cm) |
| Weight | 15 gram |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stem pipe |
| Pipe shape | trunk shape |
| Material | pipe clay (ceramic) |
| Technique | press moulded |
| Colour | white |
| Traces of use | ongerookt |
Production
| Continent | Europe |
| Region international | Western Europe |
| Country | England |
Acquisition
| Year | 2002 |
| Provenance | Bristol, The Bristol Auction Rooms, lot 94 |
| Bristol, W.D. & H.O. Wills pipe collection, <1920-2002 |
Exhibition
| Presentatie W.D. & H.O. Wills Hartcliffe Factory, Bristol, 1974-1990. |
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