Museum number:

APM 19.085c

Subcollection:

wooden pipes

Title:

tobacco pipe

Keyword:

screw bowl in box

Description:

Pijpenkop van bruyère met cilindrische ketel, onderzijde vlak met een schroefdraad. Ketel buitenzijde gezandstraald, ketel onderzijde aluminium schroeftap in twee delen. Compleet met oorspronkelijk crème plastic doosje met op deksel concentrische ringen, rondom etiket in zwart met in witte spaar "NEW RONSON PIPE BOWL, BEST QUALITY BRIAR" en "THIS BRIAR BOWL FOR YOUR NEW RONSON PIPE SHOULD BE TREATED CAREFULLY FOR THE FIRST FEW PIPEFULS. PRESS TOBACCO DOWN FIRMLY AND EVENLY, AND SMOKE SLOWLY THROUGH UNTIL A PROTECTIVE CARBON LINING HAS FORMED INSIDE THE BOWL. RONSON PRODUCTS LIMITED, LETHERHEAD, SURREY". Doosje bodem in reliëf rondom "FELTHAM PPC ENGLAND 50.ML.".

Date:

Period 1960 - 1970


Dimensions:

BowlHeight1.38 in (3.5 cm)
Width1.26 in (3.2 cm)
Other dimensions doosje: hoog 4,1 cm, diameter 4,5 cm
Characteristics
Pipe type insert pipe
Pipe shape cylindrical
Materialbriar (wood)
Techniquemilled
Colourbrown black
Other materialsaluminum (metal), plastic (synthetic material)
Finish gezandstraald
Traces of use ongerookt
Production
ContinentEurope
Region internationalWestern Europe
CountryEngland
Region nationalNorthamptonshire
TownLong Buckby
MakerRonson
Mark "RONSON PRODUCTS LIMITED, LETHERHEAD, SURREY" (gedrukt, etiket doosje)
Acquisition
Year 2017

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