Museum number:

APM 22.640

Subcollection:

clay pipes

Title:

tobacco pipe

Keyword:

stylized pointed leaves

Description:

Tabakspijp van klei met ovale ketel, haakvormige hiel en rechte steel met glad afgesneden steeleind. Ketel in reliëf smalle puntige bladeren, de einden bij de filt vormen een kartelrand, steel overlangs vier langgerekte puntige bladeren, de onderste gekruld vormt de hiel van de pijp. Steelintaglio "A. CRETAL E. GALLARD A RENNES". Schilderemail in roze en wit, de ketelopening halfverglaasd.

Date:

Period 1855 - 1870


Dimensions:

BowlHeight1.93 in (4.9 cm)
Width1.18 in (3 cm)
StemLength6.1 in (15.5 cm)
Characteristics
Pipe type stem pipe
Pipe shape oval shape
Materialpipe clay (ceramic)
Techniquepress moulded
Colourwhite
Finish email, wit, rood
Traces of use ongerookt
Production
ContinentEurope
Region internationalWestern Europe
CountryFrance
Region nationalIlle et Vilaine
TownRennes
MakerFirme A. Crétal & E. Gallard
Mark "A. CRETAL E. GALLARD A RENNES" (intaglio, steel)
Acquisition
Year 2017

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