Museum number:

APM 2.001a

Subcollection:

excavated pipes

Title:

tobacco pipe

Keyword:

coat of arms of Hamburg, double-headed eagle

Description:

Tabakspijp van klei met trechtervorm ketel en spoor. Ketel links in reliëf tussen bladertakken drie torens ofwel wapen van Hamburg. Ketel rechts in reliëf dubbelkoppige adelaar onder kroon. Ketelnaden afgezoomd met parelrijen.

Date:

Period 1700 - 1720


Dimensions:

BowlHeight1.85 in (4.7 cm)
Width0.91 in (2.3 cm)
Characteristics
Pipe type stem pipe
Pipe shape funnel shape
Materialpipe clay (ceramic)
Techniquepress moulded
Colourwhite
Traces of use gerookt
Production
ContinentEurope
Region internationalWestern Europe
CountryGermany
Region nationalHamburg (state)
TownHamburg
Acquisition
Year 1998
Provenance Hamburg, collectie Gudrun Heinssen, 1994-1998
Excavation site Hamburg, Grossen Bleichen, 1994
Comments
Vgl. Ursel Beck & Gudrun Heinssen-Levens, "VIVAT HAMBURG - Tonpfeifenfunde aus der Hamburger "Neustadt"", Knasterkopf, 11-1998, p 40. Identieke pijp.

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