Museum number:
| APM 3.955b |
Subcollection:
| clay pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| "VOORDEELIG EN PLEIZIERIG ROOKEN" (smoke economically and pleasantly) |
Description:
Tobacco pipe made of clay with elongated cylindrical bowl, round base without heel and straight stem with smooth cut stem end. Undecorated. Stem behind the bowl lines. Stem intaglio "P. V.D. WANT GOUDA". Stem paper label in blue with "VOORDEELIG EN PLEIZIERIG ROOKEN" (economical and pleasant smoking). |
Date:
| Period | 1880 - 1900 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 2.44 in (6.2 cm) |
| Width | 1.02 in (2.6 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 19.88 in (50.5 cm) |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stem pipe |
| Pipe shape | cylindrical |
| Material | pipe clay (ceramic) |
| Technique | press moulded |
| Colour | white |
| Traces of use | ongerookt |
Production
| Continent | Europe |
| Region international | Western Europe |
| Country | The Netherlands |
| Region national | South Holland |
| Town | Gouda |
| Maker | Firma P. van der Want Gzn., Ivora |
| Mark | "P. V.D. WANT GOUDA" (intaglio, steel) |
Acquisition
| Year | 1996 |
| Provenance | 's-Gravenhage, Titus Eliëns |
| 's-Gravenhage, Kostuummuseum, <1970-1996 |
Comments
| De gezondheidspijp met een zogenaamd nicotinesteentje werd geleverd in lengtes van 21 en 61 centimeter. |
Exhibition
| Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, permanente presentatie, zaal, vitrine 3, v.a. 2001. |
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