Museum number:
| APM 18.173 |
Subcollection:
| ethnographic pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| turtle |
Description:
| Tabakspijp van gips (afgietsel) met trechtervormige ketel met vlakke onderzijde zonder stoep overgaand in een vierkante steel met haaks afgesneden eind. Onversierd. Steel in hoogreliëf schildpad met uitgestoken kop en staart. Groenig gepatineerde gips, steel links overlangs met inkt in wit "31897" en in zwart "U.S.A. DELAWARE '89". |
Date:
| Period | 1900 - 1930 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 1.54 in (3.9 cm) |
| Width | 1.06 in (2.7 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 1.57 in (4 cm) |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
| Pipe shape | funnel shape |
| Material | plaster frame (stone) |
| Technique | cast |
| Colour | white |
| Finish | verf, groenig |
| Traces of use | geen |
Production
| Continent | North America |
| Country | United States |
| Region national | Delaware |
Acquisition
| Year | 2006 |
| Provenance | Londen, Alfred Dunhill Pipes Limited, 1952-2006 |
| Londen, Alfred Dunhill, <1930-1952 |
Literature
| Joseph D. McGuire, Pipes and Smoking Customs of the American Aborigines, based on Material in the U.S. National Museum. Washington, DCAnnual Report of the U.S. National Museum, /, 1899. p 598, fig 198. Delaware Pipe, Delaware, Cat. No. 31897, U.S.N.M. Collected by S.S. Haldeman |
| Ben Rapaport (Benjamin Rapaport), A complete guide to collecting Antique Pipes. Exton, PA, 1979. p 214. Dit exemplaar (zijkant bovenaan links in vitrine Amerika van Dunhill). |
Exhibition
| Londen, Dunhill museum, permanente presentatie, vitrine Amerika, c. 1960. |
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