Museum number:
| APM 3.930 |
Subcollection:
| clay pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| wart melon |
Description:
| Tabakspijp van klei met figurale ketel, figurale hiel en rechte steel met smalle manchet. Ketel de vorm van een wratmeloen, de hiel de steel van de vrucht. Steel in reliëf getande bladeren met links "GAMBIER" en rechts "A PARIS 680". |
Date:
| Period | 1870 - 1910 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 1.57 in (4 cm) |
| Width | 1.22 in (3.1 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 0.98 in (2.5 cm) |
| Weight | 22 gram |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
| Pipe shape | figural |
| Material | pipe clay (ceramic) |
| Technique | press moulded |
| Colour | white |
| Traces of use | ongerookt |
Production
| Continent | Europe |
| Region international | Western Europe |
| Country | France |
| Region national | Ardennes |
| Town | Givet |
| Maker | Gambier |
| Trade number | 680 |
| Trade name | cantaloupe tête |
| Mark | "GAMBIER" (reliëf, steel links) "A PARIS 680" (reliëf, steel rechts) |
Acquisition
| Year | 1974 |
| Provenance | Amsterdam, Niels Augustin |
| Brussel, Vossenplaats, 1974 |
Exhibition
| Amsterdam, Pijpenkamer Icon, permanente presentatie, vitrine Europa, 18 juni 1975 - september 1981. |
| Soltau, Stadtmuseum, reizende tentoonstelling "Tonpfeifen", 3 september 1988 - 28 oktober 1988, Uslar, "Tonpfeifen", december 1988 - januari 1989, Hamburg-Harburg, Helms-Museum, "Vom Tobaktrinken, die Geschichte des Rauchens und der Pfeifenbäckerei":, 26 februari 1989 - 5 mei 1989, Uelzen, Museum Schloss Holdenstedt, "Die Trückene Trunkenheit, Die Geschichte des Rauchens und der Pfeifenbäckerei", 11 juni 1989 - 8 september 1989. |
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